Drug recall: Spiriva HandiHaler (tiotropium bromide inhalation powder), Do Not Swallow Spiriva Capsules, For Use With HandiHaler…

Class III FDA enforcement event 67796. Recall start date: 27 Mar 2014. Status in the FDA record: Terminated. Termination date: 26 Jan 2015.

Reason for recall, in the words of FDA

Defective Delivery System: Potential for dose delivery out of specification due to interation of the drug product powder with the lubricant on the interior of the capsule shell.

Class III, in the words of FDA

a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product is not likely to cause adverse health consequences

Boehringer Ingelheim Roxane Inc started this drug recall on 27 Mar 2014. The firm address in the FDA record is in Columbus, OH. FDA put the recall in Class III. FDA event 67796 has 1 product record. The first FDA enforcement report date is 16 Apr 2014. The record gives the status Terminated, with the termination date 26 Jan 2015.

FDA enforcement report The 1 product record

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Distribution

In the words of FDA.

Nationwide and Puerto Rico

Recalling firm

Boehringer Ingelheim Roxane Inc, Columbus, OH.

Recalling firm: The firm that the FDA record names for a recall.

FDA records how the recall started: Voluntary: Firm initiated.

Products

1 product record in the event.

FDA event 67796: product records
Recall number	Product	Quantity	Class	Status	Report date
D-1230-2014	Spiriva HandiHaler (tiotropium bromide inhalation powder), Do Not Swallow Spiriva Capsules, For Use With HandiHaler Only, 18 mcg (as tiotropium) per capsule, Rx Only, a) NDC 0597-0075-75, 5 Spiriva capsules per blister card, b) NDC 0597-0075-41, 30 Spiriva capsules per blister card, Manufactured by: Boehringer…	1,276,710 Blister Cards	Class III	Terminated	16 Apr 2014

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Class III: The lowest of the three FDA recall classes.

The event in context

Drug events that started in 2014: 313
Share of these events in Class III: 27%
Product records in this event: 1Median of the firm: 1
Events of the firm on the register: 13

Other events of the firm

Other FDA enforcement events of Boehringer Ingelheim Roxane Inc
Initiated	Product (first record)	Type	Class	Records
25 Sep 2015	FUROSEMIDE Tablets USP, 20 mg, 1000-count bottle, Rx only, Boehringer Ingelheim Roxane Laboratories, Roxane Laboratories	Drug	Class III	2
24 Jul 2015	COMBIVENT RESPIMAT (ipratropium bromide and albuterol) Inhalation Spray, 20 mcg/100 mcg per actuation*, 4 Grams, 120 Met	Drug	Class II	1
2 Apr 2015	Acarbose Tablets 50 mg a)10 x 10 Unit Dose Tablets per Blister Pack, b)100 count Bottles, Rx only, Roxane Laboratories,	Drug	Class II	1
28 Jul 2014	OXYCODONE HYDROCHLORIDE C II Oral Solution USP, 5 mg/5 mL, 15 mL Vial, Rx only. Boehringer Ingelheim, Roxane Laboratorie	Drug	Class III	1
1 May 2014	Calcitriol Oral Solution 1 mcg/mL, 15mL bottle, Rx only, Roxane Laboratories, Inc., Columbus, Ohio 43216, NDC 0054-3120-	Drug	Class II	1
4 Apr 2014	Azathioprine Tablets USP, 50 mg, 100 count bottle, Rx only, Roxanne Laboratories, Inc., Columbus, Ohio, 43216, NDC 0054-	Drug	Class III	2
30 Aug 2013	SPIRIVA HandiHaler (Tiotropium Bromide Inhalation Powder) Capsules 18 mcg per dose, Rx only, a) 10 count blister (NDC 05	Drug	Class III	1
14 Jun 2013	Prednisone Tablet USP, 20 mg tablets, packaged in blisters of ten (10) tablets per blister card, ten blister cards per c	Drug	Class III	1
3 Apr 2013	Oxcarbazepine Oral Suspension, 300 mg/5 mL, 250 mL bottle, Rx only, Boehringer Ingelheim, Roxane Laboratories, Inc. Colu	Drug	Class II	1
18 Mar 2013	Oxcarbazepine Tablets, 150 mg, packaged in a) 10 x 10 count Unit-Dose Tablets in blisters packaged in a carton (NDC 0054	Drug	Class III	1

Boehringer Ingelheim Roxane Inc: all 13 events

Official channels

FDA enforcement report D-1230-2014The FDA record of the first product of this event.
FDA: recalls, market withdrawals and safety alertsThe recall notices on the FDA site.
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Cite this page

Recall Register. FDA enforcement event 67796. https://recallregister.com/fda/iii/67796/. Source: openFDA enforcement reports. Data through 28 Sep 2026.

Sources

Source: openFDA drug enforcement reports
Licence: CC0 1.0
Export date: 28 Sep 2026
Newest FDA report date on the register: 23 Sep 2026

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Questions

Where was the product distributed?: The FDA record gives this distribution: Nationwide and Puerto Rico
What quantity of product is in FDA event 67796?: The FDA record gives this quantity: 1,276,710 Blister Cards
How did the recall start?: The FDA record says: Voluntary: Firm initiated
How many drug recalls of 2014 have the same class?: 27% of the 313 drug events that started in 2014 are in Class III.