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Food, drugs, devices › Pfizer Inc.

Drug recall: VIRACEPT (R) (nelfinavir mesylate) Tablets, 625 mg, 120-count bottle, Rx only, Manufactured by: Agouron Pharmaceuticals,

FDA enforcement event 68660 · Class III · initiated 8 Jul 2014 · status Terminated · terminated 6 Jul 2015

DrugVoluntary: Firm initiated1 product recordNew York, NY

FDA enforcement event 68660 is a drug recall by Pfizer Inc. of New York, NY, initiated 8 Jul 2014 and classified Class III, with 1 product record.

FDA defines Class III as a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product is not likely to cause adverse health consequences. 27% of the 313 drug enforcement events initiated in 2014 carry the same class.

Status: Terminated, terminated 6 Jul 2015. Initiation: voluntary: firm initiated. Pfizer Inc. has 72 enforcement events on this register, with a median of 1 product record per event.

Recall classification reflects the relative degree of health hazard. Text in quotation marks is FDA's. openFDA export dated 28 Sep 2026.

Recalling firm

Pfizer Inc., New York, NY.

Reason for recall

"Labeling: Incorrect or missing lot and or Exp Date: The bottles were labeled with an incorrect expiry date 11/2016. The correct expiry date is 09/2016."

Distribution

"Nationwide and Puerto Rico"

Product records

Recall numberProductQuantityClassStatusReport date
D-1443-2014VIRACEPT (R) (nelfinavir mesylate) Tablets, 625 mg, 120-count bottle, Rx only, Manufactured by: Agouron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. A Pfizer Company, Distributed by: ViV Healthcare Company, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 NDC 63010-027-701200 tabletsClass IIITerminated23 Jul 2014

Context

27%of 2014 drug events are Class III313 events that year
1product record in this eventfirm median: 1
72events on this register for the firm

Other enforcement events for Pfizer Inc.

InitiatedProduct (first record)TypeClassRecords
4 Aug 2025Vial Label: Epinephrine Injection, USP, 1mg/10mL (0.1 mg/mL), Rx only, Distributed by Hospira, Inc., Lake Forest, IL 600DrugClass II2
10 Jul 2025Bicillin L-A (penicllin G benzathine injectable suspension), 1,200,000 units per 2 mL, 2 mL-vial, Rx Only, Distributed bDrugClass II2
28 May 2025DOBUTamine Injection, USP, 250 mg/20 mL (12.5 mg/mL), 20 mL per Single-dose Vial, carton of 10 Fliptop Vials, Rx only, FDrugClass II1
20 May 2024Buprenorphine Hydrochloride Injection, 0.3 mg base/mL, 1 mL Single-dose Carpuject, Sterile Cartridge Unit with Luer LockDrugClass II2
21 Dec 20234.2% Sodium Bicarbonate Injection, USP 5 mEq/10 mL (0.5 mEq/mL), Glass ABBOJECT Unit of Use Syringe, For Intravenous UseDrugClass I3
2 Oct 20234.2% Sodium Bicarbonate Injection, USP 5 mEq/10 mL (0.5mEq/mL), Glass ABBOJECT Unit of Use Syringe, packaged as 1 vial aDrugClass I3
8 Mar 2023MEKTOVI (binimetinib) tablets, 15 mg, 180-count bottle, Rx only, Distributed by: Array BioPharma Inc., a wholly owned suDrugClass III1
29 Dec 2022Heparin Sodium 2,000, USP Units, per 1,000 mL (2 USP Units/mL) in 0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection, 1,000 mL bags, a) CaseDrugClass II1
22 Dec 2022Vancomycin Hydrochloride for Injection, USP, 1.5 g/vial, Sterile powder, Single-dose Fliptop Vial, 10 vials per carton, DrugClass I1
27 Sep 2022Aminophylline Injection, USP 250 mg/10 mL (25 mg/mL) 25x10 mL Single-dose vial, Rx only, Distributed by Hospira, Inc. LaDrugClass II1

All 72 events for Pfizer Inc.

Questions and answers

Why was this drug recalled?

FDA's record gives the reason for recall as: "Labeling: Incorrect or missing lot and or Exp Date: The bottles were labeled with an incorrect expiry date 11/2016. The correct expiry date is 09/2016."

What does Class III mean?

FDA classifies recalls by relative degree of health hazard. Class III is a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product is not likely to cause adverse health consequences.

Where was the product distributed?

FDA's distribution pattern field reads: "Nationwide and Puerto Rico"

Is the recall still ongoing?

FDA lists the status as Terminated; the termination date is 6 Jul 2015. "Terminated" means FDA has determined that all reasonable efforts to remove or correct the product have been made.

Where does this data come from?

openFDA enforcement reports (food, drug and device), CC0, export dated 28 Sep 2026. Text in quotation marks is FDA's. The FDA enforcement report linked above is authoritative.

Provenance

Source: openFDA drug enforcement reports (CC0), export dated 28 Sep 2026; records grouped by FDA event number. The class shown for the event is the most severe class among its records. Errors in processing are corrected at the next build; see corrections.