NAPROXEN ORAL SUSPENSION, 125 mg/5mL recall — Acella Pharmaceuticals, LLC (Class II)

Acella Pharmaceuticals, LLC is recorded by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as recalling NAPROXEN ORAL SUSPENSION, 125 mg/5mL — a Class II recall, initiated 2026-04-20 and posted to the FDA enforcement report on 2026-05-13, under recall number D-0523-2026. Status Ongoing, with no termination date on the record. The reason the FDA record carries is, verbatim: “Chemical contamination; presence of lead and lithium above specification”. From the product description, the form is oral suspension, the strengths given are 125 mg/5mL and 473 mL, the package is described as 16fl oz (473 mL) and it is marked Rx only. 1 National Drug Code number is printed in the record: 42192-619-16. Distribution is recorded as “Nationwide” — Nationwide (US), with the recalling firm on record in GA, United States. It is the only recall number the FDA has filed under event ID 98781. Values are reproduced from the linked openFDA report; regulatory information, not medical advice.

Regulatory snapshot

Recall number D-0523-2026
FDA event ID 98781
Classification Class II (intermediate regulatory tier)
Status Ongoing
Recalling firm Acella Pharmaceuticals, LLC
Recall initiated 2026-04-20
Reported by FDA 2026-05-13
Report lag 23 days from initiation to report
Distribution Nationwide — Nationwide (US)
Firm location on record GA, United States
Product description (source) NAPROXEN ORAL SUSPENSION, USP, 125 mg/5mL, Rx only, 16fl oz (473 mL) bottles, Distributed by: Acella Pharmaceuticals, LLC, Alpharetta, GA 30005, Made in Canada NDC 42192-619-16

Reason reported by FDA

Chemical contamination; presence of lead and lithium above specification

9 words from the enforcement report field reason_for_recall, reproduced without edit — the firm's own wording, not an assessment.

Product identifiers in this record

8 identifying values matched by exact pattern in the 26-word product description above; each is a literal substring of it.

Product named NAPROXEN ORAL SUSPENSION
Form Oral Suspension
Strength 125 mg/5mL · 473 mL
Package 16fl oz (473 mL)
NDC 42192-619-16
Marketing category Rx only
Stated origin Canada
Distributed by Acella Pharmaceuticals, LLC

Reported in the same month (2026-05)

48 enforcement reports carry a report date in 2026-05; these 8 are the Class II ones nearest this record.

Recall recordRecall numberRecalling firmFDA tierReported
DELFLEX, 1.5%D-0512-2026Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc.Class II2026-05-13
DELFLEX, 2.5%D-0513-2026Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc.Class II2026-05-13
Duloxetine Delayed-Release Capsules, 30 mgD-0514-2026Ajanta Pharma Ltd.Class II2026-05-13
Duloxetine Delayed-Release Capsules, 60 mgD-0515-2026Ajanta Pharma Ltd.Class II2026-05-13
Duloxetine Delayed-Release Capsules, 20 mgD-0516-2026Ajanta Pharma Ltd.Class II2026-05-13
BD PurPrep, 8.3%D-0517-2026Carefusion 213, LLCClass II2026-05-13
BD PurPrep, 8.3%D-0518-2026Carefusion 213, LLCClass II2026-05-13
Octreotide Acetate for Injectable Suspension, 30 mgD-0519-2026Teva Pharmaceuticals Usa, IncClass II2026-05-13

Nearest Class II recalls by date

213 of 250 indexed records share the Class II tier; the 8 nearest to 2026-05-13 by report date are listed here.

Recall recordRecall numberRecalling firmStrength / formReported
Enalapril Maleate Tablets, 20 mgD-0520-2026JB Chemicals And Pharmaceuticals Ltd20 mg · Tablets2026-05-13
Duloxetine Delayed-Release Capsules USP, 60mgD-0522-2026Breckenridge Pharmaceutical, Inc.60mg · Delayed-Release Capsules2026-05-13
TPN bag (patient specific), 1660 mLD-0524-2026Central Admixture Pharmacy Services, Inc (caps) Los Angeles1660 mL · Injection2026-05-13
Systane, 10gD-0491-2026Alcon Research LLC10g · Gel2026-05-06
GenTeal Tears, 10gD-0492-2026Alcon Research LLC10g · Gel2026-05-06
Optase Dry Eye Intense Drops (Glycerin 0.2%)D-0499-2026Scope Health0.2% · Drops2026-05-06
iVIZIA, 0.5%D-0500-2026Thea Pharma, Inc.0.5% · Eye Drops2026-05-06
Similasan, 0.5%D-0501-2026Thea Pharma, Inc.0.5% · Eye Drops2026-05-06

Reading this record

Class II is the FDA's own severity tier for the recall action — 213 of the 250 indexed records carry it — and it describes the agency's assessment of the action, not a risk statement about any individual. Match a package against 42192-619-16 at the FDA source to confirm it is covered.

Namespace context: the Class II index (213 records) and the recall hub (250 records, 118 FDA events); Acella Pharmaceuticals, LLC (1 indexed records) aggregates this firm across datasets.

Coverage and limits of this record

This page reflects the openFDA enforcement report for D-0523-2026 as ingested on 2026-08-22, which can lag the live FDA record and omits detail held only in primary documents. It offers no clinical assessment, no advice about whether to use any product, and no substitute. For any health question consult a qualified healthcare professional.

Source & provenance

Official source
https://api.fda.gov/drug/enforcement.json?search=recall_number:%22D-0523-2026%22
Source dataset
openFDA Drug Enforcement API
Publication date
2026-05-13
Ingested
2026-08-22
Record hash
9c8481efbc212581

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