Dofetilide

Dofetilide recalls: 5 FDA reports

Recalls involving Dofetilide. What was wrong with each batch, and how the FDA graded the risk.

5Reports
0Class I
0Ongoing
2023-08-16Most recent

What the classes mean

The FDA sorts every recall into one of three classes. The class is the whole story. It is also the part people skip.

ClassWhat the FDA is saying
Class IThere is a reasonable probability that using this will cause serious harm or death.
Class IIIt may cause temporary or reversible harm. Serious harm is unlikely.
Class IIIIt breaks a rule but is unlikely to hurt anyone. Often a labelling fault.

Class II is the bulk of every list here. That matters. A long list of Class II says something different from one Class I.

By class

ClassReports
Class II4
Class III1

By year reported

YearReports
20141
20234
Checking whether it affects you

The lot or code number is what matters. Not the product name. A recall covers specific lots. Yours may not be one of them.

Check the code on your package against the report. The FDA keeps the current list at fda.gov/safety/recalls.

The reports

The text below is quoted from the FDA record word for word.

Dofetilide Capsules 500 mcg (0.5mg), 60-count bottle, Rx Only, Manufactured by Sun Pharmaceutical Industries L

D-1082-2023  ·  Class III  ·  reported 2023-08-16  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
Out of Specification result observed in content uniformity testing
Product
Dofetilide Capsules 500 mcg (0.5mg), 60-count bottle, Rx Only, Manufactured by Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited, Survey No. 259/15, Dadra-396 191, (U.T of D & NH), India, Distributed by: Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc. Cranbury, NJ 08512. NDC 47335-063-86
Where it went
Nationwide in the USA
How much
360 60-count bottles

Dofetilide Capsules 250 mcg (0.25 mg) 60-count bottle, Rx only, Manufactured for: Accord Healthcare, Inc., Dur

D-0384-2023  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2023-03-08  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
CGMP Deviations: recalling drug products following an FDA inspection.
Product
Dofetilide Capsules 250 mcg (0.25 mg) 60-count bottle, Rx only, Manufactured for: Accord Healthcare, Inc., Durham, NC 27703. Manufactured by: Intas Pharmaceuticals Limited, Pharmez, Ahmedabad-382 213, INDIA NDC 16729-491-12 UPC 3 16729 49112 9
Where it went
United States including Puerto Rico and Canada
How much
113,571 bottles

Dofetilide Capsules 500 mcg (0.5 mg), 60-count bottle, Rx only, Manufactured for: Accord Healthcare, Inc., Dur

D-0385-2023  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2023-03-08  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
CGMP Deviations: recalling drug products following an FDA inspection.
Product
Dofetilide Capsules 500 mcg (0.5 mg), 60-count bottle, Rx only, Manufactured for: Accord Healthcare, Inc., Durham, NC 27703. Manufactured by: Intas Pharmaceuticals Limited, Pharmez, Ahmedabad-382 213, INDIA NDC 16729-492-12 UPC 3 16729 49212 6
Where it went
United States including Puerto Rico and Canada
How much
113,003 bottles

Dofetilide Capsules, 125 mcg (0.125 mg), 60-count bottle, Rx only, Manufactured for: Accord Healthcare, Inc.,

D-0383-2023  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2023-03-08  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
CGMP Deviations: recalling drug products following an FDA inspection.
Product
Dofetilide Capsules, 125 mcg (0.125 mg), 60-count bottle, Rx only, Manufactured for: Accord Healthcare, Inc., Durham, NC 27703. Manufactured by: Intas Pharmaceuticals Limited, Pharmez, Ahmedabad-382 213, INDIA, NDC 16729-490-12 UPC 3 16729 49012 2
Where it went
United States including Puerto Rico and Canada
How much
37,790 bottles

Tikosyn (dofetilide) 125 mcg (0.125 mg), a) 14-count bottle (NDC 0069-5800-61), b) 60-count bottle (NDC 0069-5

D-0292-2015  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2014-12-17  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
Failed Tablet/Capsule Specifications: Product being recalled due to the potential presence of cracked or broken capsules.
Product
Tikosyn (dofetilide) 125 mcg (0.125 mg), a) 14-count bottle (NDC 0069-5800-61), b) 60-count bottle (NDC 0069-5800-60), Rx Only, Manufactured by Pfizer Labs, Division of Pfizer, Inc., NY, NY 10017.
Where it went
Pfizer shipped the affected product to 4,447 direct accounts. No federal government accounts received the affected product directly from Pfizer Inc.
How much
31,569 HDPE Bottles
Read these counts with three things in mind

A firm with more recalls usually makes more products. A contract packer runs hundreds of lines. It will out-recall a company with one product whatever either does. This is not a safety ranking.

Most recalls here are voluntary. A firm found its own fault and pulled the stock. That is the system working. It lands in this database looking the same as a recall the FDA had to push for.

Terminated means the FDA considers the recall finished. It is not a verdict. It does not mean anyone was harmed.

Source: openFDA enforcement reports, retrieved 2026-08-05. FDA dataset last updated 2026-07-29.

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