PRED MILD, 0.12% recall — Abbvie Inc. (Class III)
Abbvie Inc. is recorded by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as recalling PRED MILD, 0.12% — a Class III recall, initiated 2026-05-18 and posted to the FDA enforcement report on 2026-06-03, under recall number D-0551-2026. Status Ongoing, with no termination date on the record. The reason the FDA record carries is, verbatim: “Failed Stability Specifications”. From the product description, the form is ophthalmic suspension, the strengths given are 0.12% and 10 mL and it is marked Rx only. 1 National Drug Code number is printed in the record: 11980-174-10. Distribution is recorded as “US Nationwide” — Nationwide (US), with the recalling firm on record in IL, United States. It is the only recall number the FDA has filed under event ID 99008. 16 days separate the firm's initiation date from the FDA's report date on this record. Values are reproduced from the linked openFDA report; regulatory information, not medical advice.
Regulatory snapshot
| Recall number | D-0551-2026 |
|---|---|
| FDA event ID | 99008 |
| Classification | Class III (least serious regulatory tier) |
| Status | Ongoing |
| Recalling firm | Abbvie Inc. |
| Recall initiated | 2026-05-18 |
| Reported by FDA | 2026-06-03 |
| Report lag | 16 days from initiation to report |
| Distribution | US Nationwide. — Nationwide (US) |
| Firm location on record | IL, United States |
| Product description (source) | PRED MILD, prednisolone acetate ophthalmic suspension, USP, 0.12%, 10 mL, Sterile, Rx only, Allergen, Inc., an AbbVie company, North Chicago, IL 60064, Product of France, NDC 11980-174-10. |
Reason reported by FDA
Failed Stability Specifications
3 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
6 identifying values matched by exact pattern in the 27-word product description above; each is a literal substring of it.
| Product named | PRED MILD |
|---|---|
| Form | Ophthalmic Suspension |
| Strength | 0.12% · 10 mL |
| NDC | 11980-174-10 |
| Marketing category | Rx only |
| Stated origin | France |
Reported in the same month (2026-06)
74 enforcement reports carry a report date in 2026-06; these 5 are the Class III ones nearest this record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicotine Transdermal System Patch, 14 mg | D-0550-2026 | Aveva Drug Delivery Systems, Inc. | Class III | 2026-06-03 |
| Lidocaine HCl Injection, 2% | D-0552-2026 | Eugia US LLC | Class III | 2026-06-10 |
| Epinephrine Injection, 1mg/mL | D-0581-2026 | Fresenius Kabi Usa, LLC | Class III | 2026-06-17 |
| Primidone Tablets, 50 mg | D-0585-2026 | Amneal Pharmaceuticals, LLC | Class III | 2026-06-17 |
| Focalin XR (dexmethylphenidate HCl) 5 mg | D-0608-2026 | Sandoz Inc | Class III | 2026-06-24 |
Nearest Class III recalls by date
25 of 250 indexed records share the Class III tier; the 10 nearest to 2026-06-03 by report date are listed here.
| Recall record | Recall number | Recalling firm | Strength / form | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primidone Tablets USP, 250mg | D-0533-2026 | Lannett Company Inc. | 250mg · Tablets | 2026-05-27 |
| Primidone Tablets, 50 mg | D-0534-2026 | Golden State Medical Supply Inc. | 50 mg · Tablets | 2026-05-27 |
| Primidone Tablets, 250 mg | D-0535-2026 | Golden State Medical Supply Inc. | 250 mg · Tablets | 2026-05-27 |
| Primidone Tablets, 250 mg | D-0536-2026 | Amerisource Health Services LLC | 250 mg · Tablets | 2026-05-27 |
| Primidone Tablets, 50 mg | D-0537-2026 | Amerisource Health Services LLC | 50 mg · Tablets | 2026-05-27 |
| Busulfan Injection, 60 mg | D-0539-2026 | Sagent Pharmaceuticals | 60 mg · Injection | 2026-05-27 |
| busPIRone Hydrochloride Tablets, 5 mg | D-0511-2026 | Unichem Pharmaceuticals Usa Inc. | 5 mg · Tablets | 2026-05-13 |
| Levocarnitine Injection, 1 g/5 mL | D-0494-2026 | American Regent, Inc. | 1 g/5 mL · Injection | 2026-05-06 |
| Lidocaine Wound Gel, 0.13% | D-0509-2026 | Water-jel Technologies, LLC | 0.13% · Gel | 2026-05-06 |
| hydrOXYzine Hydrochloride Oral Solution, 10 mg/5 mL | D-0619-2026 | Ani Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 10 mg/5 mL · Oral Solution | 2026-07-01 |
Reading this record
Class III is the FDA's own severity tier for the recall action — 25 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 11980-174-10 at the FDA source to confirm it is covered.
Namespace context: the Class III index (25 records) and the recall hub (250 records, 118 FDA events); Abbvie Inc. (1 indexed records) aggregates this firm across datasets.
Coverage and limits of this record
This page reflects the openFDA enforcement report for D-0551-2026 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-0551-2026%22
- Source dataset
- openFDA Drug Enforcement API
- Publication date
- 2026-06-03
- Ingested
- 2026-08-22
- Record hash
447eb961a0eb2d25
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