GLP-1 recall: Mounjaro, Zepbound ingredient risk raised to second-highest level

A drug containing an ingredient also used in the popular weight-loss medications Zepbound and Mounjaro is being recalled due to manufacturing problems. The company that makes it received a warning from the FDA in December 2025 about deficiencies in how it produces sterile drug products. The safety concern has been raised to the second-highest risk level.

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GLP-1 recall: Mounjaro, Zepbound ingredient risk raised to second-highest level

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A GLP-1 drug that shares an ingredient with Zepbound and Mounjaro is being recalled

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GLP-1 recall: Mounjaro, Zepbound ingredient risk raised to second-highest level

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