Heritage Pharmaceuticals recalls

Heritage Pharmaceuticals has 23 recalls on record with the FDA and USDA, the earliest in 2015 and the latest reported on 19 Aug 2026. 7 are still ongoing. 7 were reported in the last 12 months. The most frequent reason is nitrosamine impurity.

Total recalls23since 2015

Last 12 months7reported

Class I29% of total

Ongoing7latest 19 Aug 2026

Recalls per month, last 24 months

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0Oct '24 0 0 0Jan '25 0 0 0Apr 0 0 0Jul 0 0 0Oct 6 0 0Jan '26 0 0 0Apr 0 0 0Jul 1 0

Severity split

Class I 2 9%Class II 19 83%Class III 2 9%

Why heritage pharmaceuticals is recalled

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By year

202614%
2025626%
202214%
202114%
202014%
2019939%
201814%
2015313%

Ongoing heritage pharmaceuticals recalls

7 active

Reported	Class	Recall	Company	Reason	Where
19 Aug 2026Drug	CLASS II	Clindamycin Palmitate Hydrochloride For Oral Solution, USP, 75 mg recalledClindamycin Palmitate Hydrochloride	Heritage Pharmaceuticals	Particulate Matter	Nationwide
5 Nov 2025Drug	CLASS II	Desipramine Hydrochloride Tablets, USP, 75 mg bottle recalledDesipramine Hydrochloride	Heritage Pharmaceuticals	Nitrosamine Impurity	Nationwide
5 Nov 2025Drug	CLASS II	Desipramine Hydrochloride Tablets, USP, 100 mg bottle recalledDesipramine Hydrochloride	Heritage Pharmaceuticals	Nitrosamine Impurity	Nationwide
5 Nov 2025Drug	CLASS II	Desipramine Hydrochloride Tablets, USP, 50 mg bottle recalledDesipramine Hydrochloride	Heritage Pharmaceuticals	Nitrosamine Impurity	Nationwide
5 Nov 2025Drug	CLASS II	Desipramine Hydrochloride Tablets, USP, 10 mg bottle recalledDesipramine Hydrochloride	Heritage Pharmaceuticals	Nitrosamine Impurity	Nationwide
5 Nov 2025Drug	CLASS II	Desipramine Hydrochloride Tablets, USP, 150 mg bottle recalledDesipramine Hydrochloride	Heritage Pharmaceuticals	Nitrosamine Impurity	Nationwide

All heritage pharmaceuticals recalls, newest first

23 total

Reported	Class	Recall	Company	Reason	Where
19 Aug 2026Drug	CLASS II	Clindamycin Palmitate Hydrochloride For Oral Solution, USP, 75 mg recalledClindamycin Palmitate Hydrochloride	Heritage Pharmaceuticals	Particulate Matter	Nationwide
5 Nov 2025Drug	CLASS II	Desipramine Hydrochloride Tablets, USP, 75 mg bottle recalledDesipramine Hydrochloride	Heritage Pharmaceuticals	Nitrosamine Impurity	Nationwide
5 Nov 2025Drug	CLASS II	Desipramine Hydrochloride Tablets, USP, 100 mg bottle recalledDesipramine Hydrochloride	Heritage Pharmaceuticals	Nitrosamine Impurity	Nationwide
5 Nov 2025Drug	CLASS II	Desipramine Hydrochloride Tablets, USP, 50 mg bottle recalledDesipramine Hydrochloride	Heritage Pharmaceuticals	Nitrosamine Impurity	Nationwide
5 Nov 2025Drug	CLASS II	Desipramine Hydrochloride Tablets, USP, 10 mg bottle recalledDesipramine Hydrochloride	Heritage Pharmaceuticals	Nitrosamine Impurity	Nationwide
5 Nov 2025Drug	CLASS II	Desipramine Hydrochloride Tablets, USP, 150 mg bottle recalledDesipramine Hydrochloride	Heritage Pharmaceuticals	Nitrosamine Impurity	Nationwide
5 Nov 2025Drug	CLASS II	Desipramine Hydrochloride Tablets, USP, 25 mg bottle recalledDesipramine Hydrochloride	Heritage Pharmaceuticals	Nitrosamine Impurity	Nationwide
7 Dec 2022Drug	CLASS II	Desmopressin Acetate Tablets 2mg recalled by Heritage PharmaceuticalsDesmopressin Acetate	Heritage Pharmaceuticals	Potency & Assay	Nationwide
12 May 2021Drug	CLASS III	Acyclovir Tablets, USP, 400 mg recalled by Heritage PharmaceuticalsAcyclovir	Heritage Pharmaceuticals	Packaging Defects	OH
2 Dec 2020Drug	CLASS III	Felodipine Extended Release Tablets, USP 10 mg recalledFelodipine	Heritage Pharmaceuticals	Potency & Assay	Nationwide

About this list

Records come from FDA enforcement reports and USDA FSIS notices, grouped by normalised name. A company operating under several names may appear more than once.