Temozolomide

Temozolomide recalls: 7 FDA reports

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

7Reports
0Class I
1Ongoing
2026-03-11Most 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 II7

By year reported

YearReports
20196
20261
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.

Product label: Temozolomide Capsules, 5mg, packaged in 5-capsule bottles, Rx only, Manufactured for: Rising Ph

D-0384-2026  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2026-03-11  ·  Ongoing

Why it was recalled
Failed Impurities/Degradation Specifications: An out-of-specification result observed during 9th-month long term stability testing
Product
Product label: Temozolomide Capsules, 5mg, packaged in 5-capsule bottles, Rx only, Manufactured for: Rising Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Allendale, NJ 07401, Country of origin: Taiwan, NDC 16571-816-51.
Where it went
Nationwide within the U.S
How much
1200 bottles

Temozolomide Capsules, 180 mg, packaged in a) 5-count bottle (NDC 67877-541-07), b) 14-count bottle (NDC 67877

D-1512-2019  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2019-07-31  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
CGMP Deviations: product was manufactured that did not prevent possible cross contamination with beta lactam products.
Product
Temozolomide Capsules, 180 mg, packaged in a) 5-count bottle (NDC 67877-541-07), b) 14-count bottle (NDC 67877-541-14), Rx only, Manufactured by: Deva Holding A.S., 1 Merkez Mahallesi, Istanbul, Turkey 34303, Distributed by: Ascend Laboratories, LLC, Parsippany, NJ 07054.
Where it went
Nationwide in the USA.
How much
a) 5052 bottles; b) 3816 bottles

Temozolomide Capsules, 100 mg, packaged in a) 5-count bottle (NDC 67877-539-07), b) 14-count bottle (NDC 67877

D-1510-2019  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2019-07-31  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
CGMP Deviations: product was manufactured that did not prevent possible cross contamination with beta lactam products.
Product
Temozolomide Capsules, 100 mg, packaged in a) 5-count bottle (NDC 67877-539-07), b) 14-count bottle (NDC 67877-539-14), Rx only, Manufactured by: Deva Holding A.S., 1 Merkez Mahallesi, Istanbul, Turkey 34303, Distributed by: Ascend Laboratories, LLC, Parsippany, NJ 07054.
Where it went
Nationwide in the USA.
How much
a) 13752 bottles; b) 15696 bottles

Temozolomide Capsules, 20 mg, packaged in a) 5-count bottle (NDC 67877-538-07), b) 14-count bottle (NDC 67877-

D-1509-2019  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2019-07-31  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
CGMP Deviations: product was manufactured that did not prevent possible cross contamination with beta lactam products.
Product
Temozolomide Capsules, 20 mg, packaged in a) 5-count bottle (NDC 67877-538-07), b) 14-count bottle (NDC 67877-538-14), Rx only, Manufactured by: Deva Holding A.S., 1 Merkez Mahallesi, Istanbul, Turkey 34303, Distributed by: Ascend Laboratories, LLC, Parsippany, NJ 07054.
Where it went
Nationwide in the USA.
How much
a) 11376 bottles; b) 13620 bottles

Temozolomide Capsules, 250 mg, 5-count bottle, Rx only, Manufactured by: Deva Holding A.S., 1 Merkez Mahallesi

D-1513-2019  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2019-07-31  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
CGMP Deviations: product was manufactured that did not prevent possible cross contamination with beta lactam products.
Product
Temozolomide Capsules, 250 mg, 5-count bottle, Rx only, Manufactured by: Deva Holding A.S., 1 Merkez Mahallesi, Istanbul, Turkey 34303, Distributed by: Ascend Laboratories, LLC, Parsippany, NJ 07054, NDC 67877-542-07.
Where it went
Nationwide in the USA.
How much
11472 bottles

Temozolomide Capsules, 140 mg, packaged in a) 5-count bottle (NDC 67877-540-07), b) 14-count bottle (NDC 67877

D-1511-2019  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2019-07-31  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
CGMP Deviations: product was manufactured that did not prevent possible cross contamination with beta lactam products.
Product
Temozolomide Capsules, 140 mg, packaged in a) 5-count bottle (NDC 67877-540-07), b) 14-count bottle (NDC 67877-540-14), Rx only, Manufactured by: Deva Holding A.S., 1 Merkez Mahallesi, Istanbul, Turkey 34303, Distributed by: Ascend Laboratories, LLC, Parsippany, NJ 07054.
Where it went
Nationwide in the USA.
How much
a) 7380 bottles; b) 10332 bottles

Temozolomide Capsules, 5 mg, packaged in a) 5-count bottle (NDC 67877-537-07), b) 14-count bottle (NDC 67877-5

D-1508-2019  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2019-07-31  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
CGMP Deviations: product was manufactured that did not prevent possible cross contamination with beta lactam products.
Product
Temozolomide Capsules, 5 mg, packaged in a) 5-count bottle (NDC 67877-537-07), b) 14-count bottle (NDC 67877-537-14), Rx only, Manufactured by: Deva Holding A.S., 1 Merkez Mahallesi, Istanbul, Turkey 34303, Distributed by: Ascend Laboratories, LLC, Parsippany, NJ 07054.
Where it went
Nationwide in the USA.
How much
a) 5736 bottles; b) 8460 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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