This recall affects America’s most prescribed drug. It’s the latest in a series of concerning manufacturing issues that have come to light over the past few years.

A New Jersey-based pharmaceutical company recalled over 100,000 bottles of statin due to "failed dissolution specifications," according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Ascend Laboratories in ...

If you take cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins, you may have noticed a flurry of news coverage since late October 2025 about an extensive recall of thousands of bottles of atorvastatin, the ...

The FDA has announced 140,000 bottles of its Atorvastatin Calcium Tablets - a medication used to lower cholesterol - have been recalled. The recall in September was declared a Class II, which means ...

A New Jersey drug company is recalling more than 140,000 bottles of a prescribed cholesterol drug that it found did not meet the required standards. Ascend Laboratories says it is recalling ...

More than 140,000 bottles of a widely prescribed cholesterol medication have been pulled from the market after failing to meet quality standards. Ascend Laboratories of New Jersey issued the recall ...

New Jersey-based Ascend Laboratories has voluntarily recalled 141,984 bottles of atorvastatin calcium, a cholesterol-lowering drug because some of the tablets may not dissolve properly, according to ...

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. ProPublica wanted to know something simple: Where a widely ...

More Than 7,600 Bottles of a Blood Pressure Medication Were Just Recalled Nationwide Nearly 1,000 Bottles of a Blood Pressure Medication Recalled Nationwide More Than 220,000 Bottles of a Common Heart ...

A commonly prescribed drug used to treat high cholesterol and prevent heart disease could have unpleasant side effects, including a nosebleed in some patients. Around 5.3 million people in England ...

A widely prescribed drug used to combat high cholesterol and prevent heart disease could have unpleasant side effects, including nosebleeds in some patients. Approximately 5.3 million people in parts ...

Statins rank among the most prescribed medications worldwide, with millions taking these cholesterol-lowering drugs daily to reduce their cardiovascular risk. While these medications effectively lower ...