Glimepiride

Glimepiride recalls: 8 FDA reports

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

8Reports
0Class I
4Ongoing
2024-02-14Most 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 II6
Class III2

By year reported

YearReports
20141
20235
20242
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.

Glimepiride Tablets, USP 1mg, 500-count bottles, Rx Only, Mfd. By: Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Limited, Srikakula

D-0313-2024  ·  Class III  ·  reported 2024-02-14  ·  Ongoing

Why it was recalled
Misprint on tablet
Product
Glimepiride Tablets, USP 1mg, 500-count bottles, Rx Only, Mfd. By: Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Limited, Srikakulam-532 409 INDIA, NDC: 55111-320-05
Where it went
Nationwide
How much
14,425 bottles

Glimepiride Tablets, USP 1mg, 100-count bottles, Rx Only, Mfd. By: Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Limited, Srikakula

D-0312-2024  ·  Class III  ·  reported 2024-02-14  ·  Ongoing

Why it was recalled
Misprint on tablet
Product
Glimepiride Tablets, USP 1mg, 100-count bottles, Rx Only, Mfd. By: Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Limited, Srikakulam-532 409 INDIA, NDC: 55111-320-01
Where it went
Nationwide
How much
59,336 bottles

Glimepiride Tablets, USP 2mg, packaged in a) 30-count bottles (NDC 51655-383-52), and b)90-count bottles (NDC

D-0551-2023  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2023-05-03  ·  Ongoing

Why it was recalled
CGMP Deviations
Product
Glimepiride Tablets, USP 2mg, packaged in a) 30-count bottles (NDC 51655-383-52), and b)90-count bottles (NDC 51655-383-26), Rx Only, Repackaged By: Northwind Pharmaceuticals, Indianapolis, IN 46203.
Where it went
Nationwide with the United States
How much
a) 230 bottles; b) 22 bottles

Glimepiride Tablets, USP 4mg, packaged in a) 30-count bottles (NDC 51655-120-52), and b) 90-count bottles (NDC

D-0552-2023  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2023-05-03  ·  Ongoing

Why it was recalled
CGMP Deviations
Product
Glimepiride Tablets, USP 4mg, packaged in a) 30-count bottles (NDC 51655-120-52), and b) 90-count bottles (NDC 51655-120-26), Rx Only, Repackaged By: Northwind Pharmaceuticals, Indianapolis, IN 46203.
Where it went
Nationwide with the United States
How much
a) 198 bottles; b) 22 bottles

Glimepiride Tablets USP, 1 mg, Rx Only, Packaged in: a) 100-count bottle NDC 16729-001-01 UPC 3 16729 00101 4

D-0393-2023  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2023-03-08  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
CGMP Deviations: recalling drug products following an FDA inspection.
Product
Glimepiride Tablets USP, 1 mg, Rx Only, Packaged in: a) 100-count bottle NDC 16729-001-01 UPC 3 16729 00101 4; b) 500-count bottle NDC 16729-001-16 UPC 3 16729 00116 8; Manufactured for: Accord Healthcare, Inc., Durham, NC 27703. Manufactured by: Intas Pharmaceuticals Limited, Pharmez, Ahmedabad-382 213, INDIA
Where it went
United States including Puerto Rico and Canada
How much
469,944 bottles

Glimepiride Tablets USP, 2 mg, Rx Only, Packaged in: a) 100 Tablets NDC 16729-002-01 UPC 3 16729 00201 1; b) 5

D-0394-2023  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2023-03-08  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
CGMP Deviations: recalling drug products following an FDA inspection.
Product
Glimepiride Tablets USP, 2 mg, Rx Only, Packaged in: a) 100 Tablets NDC 16729-002-01 UPC 3 16729 00201 1; b) 500 Tablets NDC 16729-002-16 UPC 3 16729 00216 5; Manufactured for: Accord Healthcare, Inc., Durham, NC 27703. Manufactured by: Intas Pharmaceuticals Limited, Pharmez, Ahmedabad-382 213, INDIA
Where it went
United States including Puerto Rico and Canada
How much
992,622 bottles

Glimepiride Tablets USP, 4 mg, Rx Only, Packaged in: a) 100-count bottle NDC 16729-003-01 UPC 3 16729 00301 8;

D-0395-2023  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2023-03-08  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
CGMP Deviations: recalling drug products following an FDA inspection.
Product
Glimepiride Tablets USP, 4 mg, Rx Only, Packaged in: a) 100-count bottle NDC 16729-003-01 UPC 3 16729 00301 8; b) 500-count NDC 16729-003-16 UPC 3 16729 00316 2; Manufactured for: Accord Healthcare, Inc., Durham, NC 27703. Manufactured by: Intas Pharmaceuticals Limited, Pharmez, Ahmedabad-382 213, INDIA
Where it went
United States including Puerto Rico and Canada
How much
1,158,839 bottles

GLIMEPIRIDE TABLETS, USP 2 mg, a)100 count bottle, (NDC 42571-101-01), b) 500 count Bottle (NDC 42571-101-05)

D-0046-2015  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2014-11-05  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
Failed Stability Specifications: Micro Labs is recalling two lots due to out of specification results during stability testing.
Product
GLIMEPIRIDE TABLETS, USP 2 mg, a)100 count bottle, (NDC 42571-101-01), b) 500 count Bottle (NDC 42571-101-05), Rx only, Manufactured by: Micro Labs Limited, Goa-403 722, INDIA, Manufactured for: Micro Labs USA, Inc., Princeton, NJ 08540
Where it went
CT, FL, MD, MS, NY
How much
11,328 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.

← All drug recalls