--- title: Sanofi Recalls All Allergic Reaction Injectors description: Sanofi is recalling all of its injectors used to treat allergic reactions over concerns they don't administer the right amount of the drug. canonical: https://time.com/4092997/sanofi-allergy-injector-recall/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-10-29T16:47:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T12:12:04.233Z article:section: Health og:title: Sanofi Recalls All Allergic Reaction Injectors og:description: Sanofi is recalling all of its injectors used to treat allergic reactions over concerns they don't administer the right amount of the drug. og:url: https://time.com/4092997/sanofi-allergy-injector-recall/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Sanofi Recalls All Allergic Reaction Injectors twitter:description: Sanofi is recalling all of its injectors used to treat allergic reactions over concerns they don't administer the right amount of the drug. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # 'Auvi-Q' Allergic Reaction Injectors Recalled  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Oct 29, 2015 4:47 PM UTC  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Oct 29, 2015 4:47 PM UTC Pharmaceutical company Sanofi is recalling all of its injectors used to treat severe allergic reactions. The French drug and vaccine maker, whose injectors compete with Mylan’s EpiPen, is recalling all Auvi-Q injections currently on the U.S. market, which is about 490,000 packs, [ABC reports](http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/sanofi-recalls-pen-injectors-allergic-reactions-34805509), over concerns that they may not administer the correct amount of the drug. Sanofi said it has received 26 reports of problems with the injectors, none of which resulted in the patient’s death. About 200,000 people in the United States use Sanofi’s product. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4092997/sanofi-allergy-injector-recall/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4092997/sanofi-allergy-injector-recall/"},"headline":"'Auvi-Q' Allergic Reaction Injectors Recalled","datePublished":"2015-10-29T16:47:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:12:04.233Z","description":"About 200,000 people in the U.S. use Auvi-Q","url":"https://time.com/4092997/sanofi-allergy-injector-recall/","keywords":["medicine","allergies"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/medicine/","name":"medicine"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4092997/sanofi-allergy-injector-recall/","name":"'Auvi-Q' Allergic Reaction Injectors Recalled"}}]}] ```