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Drug FDA Class II Ongoing Failed specifications

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 Pharmaceutic

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc., USA Published Oct 22, 2025

Risk level

Class II

May cause a temporary or reversible health problem; slight chance of serious harm.

Severity score 60/100

What should you do?

  • Check whether you have this product, using the lot codes, UPCs, and dates listed below.
  • Do not eat, serve, or sell the affected product.
  • Return it to the place of purchase for a refund, or throw it away in a sealed bag so people and animals can’t get to it.
  • Contact Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc., USA or your place of purchase with questions, and see the source record below for full details.
Reason for recall

Failed Impurities/Degradation Specifications

Hazards

Failed Impurities/Degradation Specifications · primary

Affected products (1)

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.

VIORELE · 26,928 packs

NDC: 68462-318, 68462-318-84, 68462-318-29
Code info: Batch number 20230733, Exp Date: October 2025

Affected areas

Nationwide

Timeline

  1. Initiated
    Sep 3, 2025
  2. Published
    Oct 22, 2025
Recall number
D-0021-2026
Agency
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Country
US
Source data (openFDA JSON) About FDA enforcement reports

FDA records come from the openFDA drug enforcement-report dataset — the agency's full weekly enforcement list. Most entries are not issued as consumer press releases, so they won't appear on fda.gov/recalls or in a web search. The source record link above resolves this exact recall by its number.