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# Drug, Device Recalls Shoot Up in 2022: Report
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/drug-device-recalls-shoot-up-in-2022-report/
- Published: 2023-03-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T18:17:54.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: Drugs, Devices, #legacy-id-D5153891

The Sedgwick product safety and recall 2022 report, *State of the Nation 2023*, says that pharmaceutical recall events increased by 32.5% from 274 in 2021 to 363 in 2022\. Comparably, medical device recall events went up 11.4% from 837 in 2021 to 932, the [report](mailto:https://marketing.sedgwick.com/acton/media/4952/us-sotn-2023-index-report-download-pr) says.

Current good manufacturing practice deviations led the drug recall activity, according to Sedgwick, with 83 events and 437.5 million affected units in 2022\. Defective pharmaceutical units reportedly hit a 15-year high of 567.4 million units.

For medical devices, mislabeling was the leading cause of 2022 recall activity, accounting for 154 events. Sedgwick says that while recall events increased, the number of defective devices fell 27.2% from 602.5 million in 2021 to 438.4 million.