FDA daily

FDA daily for Wednesday, August 19, 2026

In this issue: 3 shortage updates, 7 approvals, 5 drug recalls, 3 device recalls, 21 device decisions, 182 label changes and 35 food or supplement recalls. 4 items touch categories MedGrid carries, and they come first.

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Items in this issue that name a product category sold on MedGrid. Each links to its full FDA record; the chip opens that category's federal and state rules.

Drug shortages

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FDA updated 3 shortage entries on Tue, Aug 18: 3 status updates.

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Drug and biologic approvals

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On Wed, Aug 12 FDA approved 1 new application (0 brand or biologic, 1 generic) and 6 supplements to existing ones.

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Drug recalls

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FDA's enforcement report dated Wed, Aug 12 lists 5 drug recalls: 2 Class I, 2 Class II, 1 Class III.

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Device recalls

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FDA posted 3 device recalls from 3 firms on Wed, Aug 12.

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Device clearances and approvals

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FDA decided 11 510(k)s and 10 PMA decisions on Wed, Aug 5, including 1 original PMA.

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Label updates

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182 drug labels took effect on Wed, Aug 5; 1 of the 25 read for this issue is for products in MedGrid's categories. Below: those, and labels carrying a boxed warning.

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Food and supplement recalls

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FDA's enforcement report dated Wed, Aug 12 lists 35 food or supplement recalls: 27 Class I, 7 Class II, 1 Class III.

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How the FDA daily is written

Every issue is written from FDA's public data (openFDA) and nothing else: the counts, names, firms and reasons are FDA's own. openFDA posts each kind of record on its own delay, so each section covers one FDA date and says which. Shortages cover yesterday; approvals, drug and device recalls, and food and supplement recalls cover a week ago; device clearances and label changes cover two weeks ago. Every FDA date appears in exactly one issue. Complete response letters appear the day after FDA publishes a batch.

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