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

STAT

At the urging of the Alliance for Pharmacy Compounding, the trade association I lead, the Food and Drug Administration in April 2020 issued temporary guidance allowing traditional compounding pharmacies, within tight regulatory guardrails, to prepare 13 Covid drugs from pure ingredients to meet hospitals’ urgent need.

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Is compounded semaglutide safe?

The Checkup by Singlecare

Semaglutide has become a very popular drug thats in high demand in pharmacies everywhere and is currently also available from compounding pharmacies and online. But not all compounded semaglutide products are safe. Heres what to know about buying semaglutide from a compounded pharmacy or online. What is compounded semaglutide?

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Opinion: Policymakers must take action on the physician shortage

STAT

These workforce challenges are compounded by the fact that America — both physicians  and our patient population — is also aging, and the number of available doctors is shrinking. Nearly 334,000  health care professionals left the workforce in 2021.

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Summer 2021 – Transforming Pharmacy Through Innovation and Superior Customer Experience

Omnicell

Today, we announced our Summer 2021 Release, which delivers enhancements across our entire portfolio designed to improve efficiency, expand automation, and enhance intelligence, supported through a superior customer experience, driving maximum value sooner for your technology investment. Learn more about these latest innovations here.

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Top Performing Drug of 2021 - Trulicity (February Edition)

PharmaShots

In 2021, the revenue of Trulicity increased by 28% in the U.S., In the US, Trulicity is protected by a compound patent (2027) and by biologics data protection (2026). Active Ingredient: dulaglutide Dosage Forms & Strengths: Injection: 0.75 mL, 3 mg/0.5 It is one of the key growth products of Eli Lilly.

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Cloud robotics labs are accelerating drug discovery and development

Pharmaceutical Technology

GlobalData’s Smart Pharma 2021 Survey found that 22% of industry professionals thought robotics would be one of the most disruptive technologies for optimising the drug discovery and development process. Robots can improve drug discovery and development.

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$3 trillion growth reported for biotech sector

European Pharmaceutical Review

trillion dollars in 2021. The report also found that in 2021, the US industry employed 2.1 trillion dollars in 2021. To date, 747 novel compounds are in production. million people in over 127,000 businesses. Since 2018, employment numbers in the industry have grown by 11 percent, totalling $2.9

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