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Opinion: Compounding pharmacies offer a fix for shortages of essential drugs

STAT

In the early days of the Covid pandemic, gravely ill patients began to fill America’s hospitals. In a 2021 APC survey, more than 80 pharmacies nationwide reported they had provided compounded versions of those essential drugs to hospitals under the temporary guidance.

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From Healing to Harm: The Unintended Consequences of Polypharmacy in Seniors

PharmD Live

Every day, 750 seniors (age 65 and older) in the United States are hospitalized due to serious side effects from one or more medications.(Shehab People over 65 make up only 14% of the population but account for 56% of hospitalizations for adverse drug events (ADEs) (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, AHRQ, 2021). Shehab et al.

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The Wholesaling Prohibition (Potentially) Demystified? FDA’s Take on Supply Chains for Section 503B Outsourcing Facilities

The FDA Law Blog

As a reminder, in Title I of the 2013 Drug Quality and Security Act (DQSA) (the Compounding Quality Act), Congress created the “outsourcing facility” FDA registration category, and set forth statutory parameters for their operation in new section 503B of the FDCA. 353b(a)(8). 353b(a)(8). Draft Guidance III.B.2(e) Draft Guidance III.B.2(d)

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Do You Take Your Pain Medicine for Granted?

The People's Pharmacy

An article published in Arthritis Research & Therapy (July 24, 2013) reports: “More than 30 million people use NSAIDs every day, and they account for 60% of the US over-the-counter analgesic market.” Hospitals do.” The reassuring woman tells us that: “Tylenol is the pain reliever that hospitals use most. Really common!

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14 remedies to get rid of congestion

The Checkup by Singlecare

Inhale steam “Breathing in steam hydrates dry nasal cavities and sinuses, loosening any mucus and secretions,” says Robert Glatter, MD , a board-certified emergency medicine physician at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. Garlic Garlic does contain anti-inflammatory compounds that, in theory, might reduce congestion. Harvard T.H.

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Three strategies for managing loss of exclusivity successfully

pharmaphorum

Eli Lilly’s Humalog compound and formulation patents expired in 2013 and 2014, respectively. 6 The stakes were extremely high, with annual costs of insulin reaching $736 per patient in 2013, up threefold since 2002. In late 2017, the FDA approved Admelog, Sanofi’s biosimilar of Humalog.

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Contamination Trends & Proposed Solutions

ISPE

5 , 8 Compounding pharmacies were commonly mentioned as sources of microbial cross-contamination, especially in the US. 9 , 15 This has led to compounding pharmacies completing high-volume activities such as mass repackaging, thereby increasing the risk of cross-contamination. 17 (2013): 1598–1609. 3 (2013): 253–257.