Safety Alerts

19 March 2026

• Class 2 Medicines Recall: Crescent Pharma Limited, Ramipril 5mg capsules, EL(26)A/11
• MHRA Class 3 Medicines Recall: Bayer Plc, Various Products, EL(26)A/12

24th February 2026

Falsified Mounjaro KwikPen 15mg pre-filled pens

A falsified version of Mounjaro (tirzepatide) KwikPen 15mg solution for injection has been found supplied through one online pharmacy in the UK. The falsified product is labelled with batch D873576 and applies to Mounjaro KwikPen 15mg solution for injection in pre-filled pen only.

Read the full details of this alert in full (PDF, 270KB).

4th February 2026

Class 3 Medicines Recall

Medicine names: Ibuprofen 200 mg Tablets and Ibucalm 200 mg Tablets

Batches are being recalled as a precautionary measure following findings of foil perforations in some blisters.
These products are Pharmacy medicines and can only be sold or dispensed from a registered pharmacy premises by a pharmacist, or by staff acting under their direct supervision.

Read the full details of this alert in full (PDF, 115KB).

11th December 2025

Product Safety Alert: Baby Sleep Pillows

This is a Product Safety Alert from the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) for a product commonly known as a 'Baby Sleep Pillow.' Baby Sleep Pillows can pose a risk of suffocation, overheating and death to babies. This Alert is for consumers (particularly parents and caregivers to babies), childcare and educational establishments, local authority trading standards and businesses to warn of the potential harm that baby sleep pillows can pose.

Read the full details of this alert in full (PDF, 780KB).

1st July

Class 4 Medicines Defect Information, caution in use.

Erythromycin Stearate BP 250mg Tablets (Erythrocin 250 Tablets)

Read the full details of this alert in full (PDF, 1.67MB).

30th June

Class 3 Medicines Recall

Medicine name: Tamoxifen 20mg Film-Coated Tablets

Read the full details of this alert in full (PDF, 1.19MB).

30th June

Medicine Supply Notification

Betamethasone 500microgram soluble tablets sugar free

Read the full details of this alert in full (PDF, 1.67MB).

12th March 2025

Class 4 Medicines Defect Information, caution in use.

Azithromycin 250 mg Capsules.

Read the full details of this alert in full (PDF, 6.12MB).

Medicine Supply Notification

• Torasemide 10mg tablets are in limited supply until March 2025.
• Torasemide 5mg tablets remain available and can support a partial increase in demand.
• Alternative loop diuretics remain available (see Supporting information).

Please read the full supply notification (PDF, 110KB)

27th February 2025

Class 3 Medicines Recall: Glucophage SR 500 mg, 750mg and 1000mg Prolonged-release Tablets, EL(25)A/07

Read the full details of this alert in full (PDF, 265KB).

5th February 2025

Class 2 Medicines Recall: Nitrofurantoin CNX Therapeutics 100 mg Prolonged-Release capsules, EL(25)A/05

Read the full details of this alert in full.

30th January 2025

Class 2 Medicines Recall: Bristol Laboratories Limited, Amlodipine Bristol Lab 2.5 mg Tablets, EL (25)A/04

Read the full details of the Amlodipine 2.5 mg Tablets recall.

Urgent safety alert for water beads

An urgent alert has been issued by the Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT).

Read the details of this alert in full.