Dr. Reddys Laboratories Ltd.

Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories is recalling over 2.36 lakh bottles of Atorvastatin Calcium tablets, used for lowering cholesterol from the US market due to failed impurities/degradation specifications. Out of the total bottles being recalled, 55,126 are of 10 mg strength, 44,894 bottles of 20 mg and 1,30,081 bottles are of 40 mg.

The company is also recalling 6,397 bottles of 80 mg on account of ‘presence of foreign substance: A product complaint was received for a defective tablet with an embedded foreign object observed in a bottle’.

Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories is a multinational pharmaceutical company based in Hyderabad, Telangana in India. It manufactures and markets a wide range of pharmaceuticals in India and overseas.