Metformin Hydrochloride Extended-Release Tablets, USP, 500 mg, 1000-count bottles, Rx Only, Manufactured by: Granules India Limited, Hyderabad- 500 081, India, Manufactured for: Quallent Pharmaceuticals Health LLC, Grand Cayman, Grand Cayman Islands, NDC 82009-117-10
Drug Recall
Official source record
- Recall number
- D-0192-2025
- Event ID
- 96082
- Classification
- Class II
- Status
- Terminated
- Recalling company
- Granules Pharmaceuticals Inc.
- Reason for recall
- Presence of Foreign Tablets/Capsules: A Paracetamol 500 mg tablet was found in a 1000-count bottle of Metformin HCL ER Tablets USP, 500 mg.
- Report date
- January 15, 2025
- Recall initiation date
- December 30, 2024
- Termination date
- January 15, 2026
- Distribution pattern
- Distributor in OH.
Drug product identifiers
- Manufacturer
- Quallent Pharmaceuticals Health LLC
- Brand name
- METFORMIN ER 500 MG
- Generic name
- METFORMIN ER 500 MG
- Substance name
- METFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE
- Product NDCs
- 82009-117; 82009-118
- Package NDCs
- 82009-117-10; 82009-118-01
- Route
- ORAL
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What does a Class II mean?
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