A review on drug recall

Abstract

We are living in a time where population is increasing, as well as the demand for drugs. Drug recalls help to keep the quality system by removing defected items or drugs from the market. Drug recalls refer to pharmaceuticals that were initially approved for use but later discovered to have negative side effects, are dangerous, and cause substantial harm to the human body. Over the past years, many drugs were recalled from the market all around the world. There are some reasons that is why drugs are recalled for an assortment: safety, mislabeling, contamination, and deviations in strength or potency. The purpose of this review article is to provide an overview of recalled drugs, reasons of recall, procedures, their influence on the pharmaceutical industries, and the different actions taken to minimize pharmaceutical recalls.