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Recall information shouldn't be the last thing you find out.

ConnectingRx watches the public safety record — recalls, withdrawals, and warnings — and connects it back to the medications, devices, and food products in your life.

The information exists. It just doesn't reach you.

More than 200 million people in the United States take a prescription medication. The FDA issues over 1,500 drug recalls a year. In theory, every one of those notices is public the day it's published.

People in the U.S. taking a prescription medication
200M+
FDA drug recalls issued each year
1,500+
Channels a notice travels through, none built to reach you
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In practice, the notice goes out through a regulator's bulletin, a manufacturer's press release, and a pharmacy's internal system — three channels that were never built to talk to each other, and none of which were built to reach the person holding the bottle. Most people find out from a news story weeks later, or from no one at all.

Three notice channels that stop short of the person taking the medication Regulator Bulletin, enforcement report Manufacturer Press release Pharmacy Internal system the gap weeks, or never The person holding the bottle
Every notice is public on the day it's issued. The failure is in the last mile.

That gap is the entire reason this company exists.

One place that's actually watching.

ConnectingRx aggregates safety data from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and, as we expand, other national regulators including the European Medicines Agency and Health Canada. We parse those notices, resolve them to specific products, and surface the ones that matter to you.

Ask in plain language

You don't need a lot number or an NDC code. Ask the way you'd ask a pharmacist — "are there any recalls on my blood pressure medication?" — and get a straight answer with the source attached.

Drugs, devices, and food

Safety notices aren't limited to pills. ConnectingRx covers prescription and over-the-counter drugs, medical devices, and food products in one search.

Brand and generic, matched

A recall is usually announced under one name. We match brand and generic equivalents so a notice about atorvastatin doesn't slip past someone who knows their prescription as Lipitor.

Sourced, timestamped, and traceable.

Every answer ConnectingRx gives is tied back to the regulatory notice it came from, with the date it was issued. We don't paraphrase a safety notice into something vaguer than the original, and we don't fill gaps with guesses. If the record doesn't say, we say the record doesn't say.

Are there any recalls on my blood pressure medication?

One enforcement report matches lisinopril 10 mg tablets. It is a Class II recall for a labeling error affecting specific lots. The notice does not mention any other strength.

Source: FDA Enforcement Report Issued: date of notice Lots listed in notice
Illustration of the answer format, not a real notice. Every response carries its source and the date it was issued.

What this isn't

ConnectingRx is an information service, not a clinician. It doesn't diagnose, doesn't prescribe, and doesn't tell you to stop taking anything. A recall notice is a reason to call your doctor or pharmacist — it's not a substitute for that call.

Built for the person holding the bottle.

People managing chronic conditions
The more medications you take, the harder it is to track notices across all of them.
Caregivers and family
Parents, adult children, and anyone managing someone else's medication list.
Pharmacies
Reaching affected customers quickly, across a whole book of business.
Clinicians and health systems
Proactive notice instead of a patient calling to ask about a news story.
Insurers and PBMs
Visibility into recall exposure across a covered population.

Your medication list is the most sensitive thing about you.

A list of what you take is a list of what you have. We treat it that way. ConnectingRx is built around HIPAA and GDPR requirements from the data model up, not bolted on afterward, and our security program is being developed against SOC 2 criteria.

We don't sell personal health information. Read the full privacy policy.

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