Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc., USA: Drug Recall

Recall #D-0021-2026 · 09/03/2025

Class II: Risk

Recall Details

Recall Number: D-0021-2026
Classification: Class II
Product Type: Drug
Recalling Firm: Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc., USA
Status: Ongoing
Date Initiated: 09/03/2025
Location: Mahwah, NJ, United States
Voluntary/Mandated: Voluntary: Firm initiated
Product Quantity: 26,928 packs

Reason for Recall

Failed Impurities/Degradation Specifications

Product Description

Viorele, Desogestrel and Ethinyl Estradiol, USP, 0.15 mg/ 0.02 mg and Ethinyl Estradiol Tablets, USP, 0.01 mg, 3 Blisters each containing 28 Tablets, Rx only, 28 day Regimen, Manufactured by: Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Limited, Colvale-Bardez, Goa 403513, India, Manufactured for: Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc., USA., Mahwah, NJ, 07430, NDC 68462-318-29.

Distribution Pattern

US Nationwide.

Other Recalls by Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc., USA

Class II: Risk 12/30/2025

Defective container: Preferred Pharmaceuticals received a letter from the manufacturer Glenmark, that the blister packs are not fully sealed and tablets falling out. Preferred Pharmaceuticals purchased the finished product and repackaged the product for sale.
Class III: Low Risk 11/21/2025

Cross Contamination with Other Products: Testing of reserve samples showed presence of traces of ezetimibe
Class III: Low Risk 11/18/2025

Cross Contamination with Other Products
Class II: Risk 09/17/2025

CGMP Deviations: Market complaints received for gritty texture (grainy)
Class II: Risk 08/08/2025

Failed Dissolution Specifications: Failure results (above) were reported for the Dissolution (by UV) test for commercial annual stability at the long-term shelf life stability interval, wherein the dissolution results do not comply with L3 stage dissolution criteria.

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