Timolol Maleate

Timolol Maleate recalls: 10 FDA reports

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

10Reports
0Class I
7Ongoing
2025-08-06Most 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 II8
Class III2

By year reported

YearReports
20202
20245
20253
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.

Timolol Maleate Ophthalmic Solution USP, 0.5%, Sterile, 5mL bottles, Rx only, Manufactured by: FDC Limited, Wa

D-0543-2025  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2025-08-06  ·  Ongoing

Why it was recalled
Defective Container: spike of the cap becomes lodged in the nozzle of the product bottle.
Product
Timolol Maleate Ophthalmic Solution USP, 0.5%, Sterile, 5mL bottles, Rx only, Manufactured by: FDC Limited, Waluj, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India, Distributed by: Rising Pharmaceuticals Inc, New Jersey, NDC 64980-514-05.
Where it went
U.S Nationwide.
How much
154,176 bottles

Timolol Maleate Ophthalmic Solution USP, 0.5%, Sterile, 10mL bottles, Rx only, Manufactured by: FDC Limited, W

D-0403-2025  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2025-05-14  ·  Ongoing

Why it was recalled
Defective Container: Unable to get the solution out of the bottle as the spike of the cap was lodged in the nozzle of the product bottle.
Product
Timolol Maleate Ophthalmic Solution USP, 0.5%, Sterile, 10mL bottles, Rx only, Manufactured by: FDC Limited, Waluj, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India, Distributed by: Rising Pharmaceuticals Inc, New Jersey, NDC 64980-514-01.
Where it went
U.S. Nationwide
How much
60428 bottles

Timolol Maleate Ophthalmic Solution USP, 0.5%, Sterile, 5mL bottles, Rx only, Manufactured by: FDC Limited, Wa

D-0214-2025  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2025-02-12  ·  Ongoing

Why it was recalled
Defective Container: Unable to get the solution out of the bottle as the spike of the cap was lodged in the nozzle of the product bottle.
Product
Timolol Maleate Ophthalmic Solution USP, 0.5%, Sterile, 5mL bottles, Rx only, Manufactured by: FDC Limited, Waluj, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India, Distributed by: Rising Pharmaceuticals Inc, New Jersey, NDC 64980-514-05.
Where it went
Distributed to one (1) Us Distributor in NJ
How much
118104 bottles

Timolol Maleate Ophthalmic Solution USP, 0.25%, Sterile, 15mL bottles, Rx only, Manufactured by: FDC Limited,

D-0114-2025  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2024-12-18  ·  Ongoing

Why it was recalled
Defective Container: Unable to get the solution out of the bottle as the spike of the cap was lodged in the nozzle of the product bottle.
Product
Timolol Maleate Ophthalmic Solution USP, 0.25%, Sterile, 15mL bottles, Rx only, Manufactured by: FDC Limited, Waluj, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India, Distributed by: Rising Pharmaceuticals Inc, New Jersey, NDC 64980-513-15.
Where it went
Distributed to one Us Distributor in NJ.
How much
5184 bottles

Timolol Maleate Ophthalmic Solution USP, 0.5%, Sterile, 5mL bottles, Rx only, Manufactured by: FDC Limited, Wa

D-0035-2025  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2024-11-13  ·  Ongoing

Why it was recalled
Defective Container: Unable to get the solution out of the bottle as the spike of the cap was lodged in the nozzle of the product bottle
Product
Timolol Maleate Ophthalmic Solution USP, 0.5%, Sterile, 5mL bottles, Rx only, Manufactured by: FDC Limited, Waluj, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India, Distributed by: Rising Pharmaceuticals Inc, New Jersey, NDC 64980-514-05.
Where it went
Distributed to one Us Distributor in NJ.
How much
155,232 bottles

Timolol Maleate Ophthalmic Solution USP, 0.5%, packaged in: a) 5mL bottle (NDC 64980-514-05), and b) 10mL bott

D-0642-2024  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2024-08-28  ·  Ongoing

Why it was recalled
Defective Container: patients are unable to get the solution out of the bottle as the spike of the cap was lodged in the nozzle of the product bottle.
Product
Timolol Maleate Ophthalmic Solution USP, 0.5%, packaged in: a) 5mL bottle (NDC 64980-514-05), and b) 10mL bottle (NDC 64980-514-01), Rx only, Manufactured by: FDC Limited, Waluj, Aurangabad, India, Distributed by: Rising Pharmaceuticals Inc, New Jersey
Where it went
Nationwide U.S.A.
How much
176,784 bottles

Timolol Maleate Ophthalmic Solution USP, 0.5%, Sterile, 5mL bottles, Rx only, Manufactured by: FDC Limited, Wa

D-0632-2024  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2024-08-21  ·  Ongoing

Why it was recalled
Defective container; yellow colored spike from cap lodged in the nozzle
Product
Timolol Maleate Ophthalmic Solution USP, 0.5%, Sterile, 5mL bottles, Rx only, Manufactured by: FDC Limited, Waluj, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India, Distributed by: Rising Pharmaceuticals Inc, New Jersey, [NDC 64980-514-05].
Where it went
Nationwide in the US
How much
362,544 bottles

Timolol Maleate Ophthalmic Solution, USP, 0.5%, packaged in a) 5mL bottles (NDC 64980-514-05), and b) 15 mL bo

D-0488-2024  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2024-05-15  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
Defective Container: yellow-colored spike from cap lodged in the nozzle. Firm received several complaints from customers.
Product
Timolol Maleate Ophthalmic Solution, USP, 0.5%, packaged in a) 5mL bottles (NDC 64980-514-05), and b) 15 mL bottles (NDC 64980-514-15), Rx only, Manufactured by: FDC Limited, Maharashtra, India, Distributed by: Rising Pharmaceuticals, Inc, NJ
Where it went
New Jersey Only
How much
382,104 units

Timolol Maleate USP, 0.5%, 5 mL, Sterile Opthalmic Solution, Rx Only, For Topical Application in the Eye, Di

D-1367-2020  ·  Class III  ·  reported 2020-07-01  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
Labeling: Label mix-up: A case of Timolol Maleate Sterile Ophthalmic solution USP 0.25%, 5ml, had the outer carton for Timolol Maleate Sterile Ophthalmic solution USP 0.5%, 5ml but the bottle inside was Timolol Maleate Sterile Ophthalmic solution USP 0.25%, 5ml.
Product
Timolol Maleate USP, 0.5%, 5 mL, Sterile Opthalmic Solution, Rx Only, For Topical Application in the Eye, Distributed by: Rising Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Saddle Brook, NJ 07663, Manufactured by: FDC Limited B-8, MIDC Industrial Area, Waluj, Aurangbad - 431 136 Marahastra, India, NDC 64980-514-05
Where it went
U.S.A. Nationwide
How much
N/A

Timolol Maleate Sterile Opthalmic Solution,USP 0.25%, 5 mL, Rx Only, For Topical Application, Distributed by:

D-1368-2020  ·  Class III  ·  reported 2020-07-01  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
Labeling: Label mix-up: A case of Timolol Maleate Sterile Ophthalmic solution USP 0.25%, 5ml, had the outer carton for Timolol Maleate Sterile Ophthalmic solution USP 0.5%, 5ml but the bottle inside was Timolol Maleate Sterile Ophthalmic solution USP 0.25%, 5ml.
Product
Timolol Maleate Sterile Opthalmic Solution,USP 0.25%, 5 mL, Rx Only, For Topical Application, Distributed by: Rising Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Saddle Brook, NJ 07863, Manufactured by: FDC Limited B-8, MDC Industrial Area, Waluj, Aurangabad - 431-136 Maharashtra, India, NDC 64980-513-05
Where it went
U.S.A. Nationwide
How much
15,072 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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