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Unrated Drug recall · FDA · Published January 28, 2020

NCS Healthcare Glycopyrrolate Tabs Recall: Impurities Risk Serious Harm

NCS Healthcare recalls 1 mg Glycopyrrolate Tabs for potential impurities that could cause serious harm. This medication is for institutional use only and requires a prescription.

🇺🇸 FDA recall #D-0850-2020DrugNCS Healthcare ›
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Recalling firmNCS Healthcare of Kentucky Inc120 Carroll Knicely Dr · Glasgow, KY 42141-7224
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NCS Healthcare is recalling 1 mg Glycopyr: 30-count blister packs due to impurities that could cause serious harm. This medication is only for institutional use and requires a prescription. Read more at govinfonow.com/recall/37392-ncs-healthcare-glycopyrrolate-tabs-recall-impurities-risk-serious-harm.

Source Summary by GovInfoNow · govinfonow.com/recall/37392-ncs-healthcare-glycopyrrolate-tabs-recall-impurities-risk-serious-harm · Updated October 5, 2026 · FDA enforcement record: FDA #D-0850-2020

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“NCS Healthcare Glycopyrrolate Tabs Recall: Impurities Risk Serious Harm.” GovInfoNow, updated October 5, 2026. https://govinfonow.com/recall/37392-ncs-healthcare-glycopyrrolate-tabs-recall-impurities-risk-serious-harm. Based on FDA recall #D-0850-2020 (https://api.fda.gov/drug/enforcement.json?search=recall_number:%22D-0850-2020%22&limit=1).

NCS Healthcare of Kentucky Inc recalled Glycopyrrolate Tabs, USP, 1 mg, on Jan. 28, 2020, due to failed impurity specifications, according to the FDA. The Food and Drug Administration announced the Class II recall of 6,929 blister cards distributed nationwide.

How to tell if you have it

  • Brand: NCS Healthcare
  • Product: Glycopyrrolate Tabs, USP, 1 mg, 30-count unit dose blister card
  • NDC: 0615-8170-39
  • Lot #: 8170-9004
  • Expiration: 01/2020
  • Packager: Vangard, Glasgow, KY 42141

The hazard

The recall addresses high out-of-specification results for an individual unknown impurity in the drug product. The FDA classified this as a Class II recall.

Context

GovInfoNow's records show NCS Healthcare of Kentucky Inc has one other recall on record since Oct. 27, 2023, involving Lisinopril Tablets and foreign Amlodipine tablets. Other recent recalls of similar products include Novadoz Glycopyrrolate Oral Solution Recall (Dec. 15, 2025), Precision Dose Glycopyrrolate Oral Solution Recall (July 14, 2026), and Zydus Mirabegron 25mg Tablets Recall (Aug. 5, 2026).

How to tell if you have this one

Check for the 30-count blister packs labeled 'Glycopyrrolate Tabs, USP, 1 mg' with NDC 0615-8170-39. This product was packaged by Vangard in Glasgow, KY and expires January 2020.

  • Brand
    NCS Healthcare
  • Category
    Drug
Based on the official FDA remedy

What to do — step by step

  1. Check Product Details

    Verify the product label includes 'Glycopyrrolate Tabs, USP, 1 mg, 30-count unit dose blister card' and NDC 0615-8170-39.

Where it went and when

Where it was distributed

Distributed nationwide.

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FDA distribution: “Nationwide in the USA.” States read from FDA’s own wording; “not listed” means the notice does not name it.

Distributed nationwide.

Recall timeline

FDA terminated this recall 13 months after the firm started it.

1. Firm started the recall: Jan 28, 202012. FDA classified it Class II: Feb 18, 202023. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report: Feb 26, 202034. FDA terminated the recall: Feb 19, 2021420202021
  1. Firm started the recall
  2. FDA classified it Class II
  3. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report
  4. FDA terminated the recall

Dates from the agency record only; steps without a date are left out.

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  • Official source: FDA Recall #D-0850-2020 (January 28, 2020) — FDA publishes no per-recall page; this is the official machine-readable enforcement record. Search FDA recalls for D-0850-2020 to see it in context.
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