Compounding FDA Sterile Compounds 
The Checkup by Singlecare
JANUARY 9, 2025
Due to the rising demand for weight loss drugs and the resulting drug shortages , some specialized compounding pharmacies make compounded semaglutide injections. Compounded versions of semaglutide contain varying ingredients, and theyre not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
BuzzRx
OCTOBER 14, 2022
If your doctor’s office has given you a prescription with instructions to fill it at a compounding pharmacy, you might be wondering what exactly this means. Only around 7,500 are compounding pharmacies, of which only 3,000 perform sterile compounding. What does it mean when a pharmacy is compounding?
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Omnicell
JANUARY 10, 2023
Sterile compounding is also one of the costliest functions in pharmacy operations. Still, many hospital pharmacies continue to struggle to improve safety and efficiency in their sterile compounding operations. Insourcing IV compounding services at Moses H. 5 at 2 p.m. EDT (11 a.m. 5 at 2 p.m. EDT (11 a.m.
European Pharmaceutical Review
MARCH 11, 2024
In a review on fungal-contaminated compounded pharmaceuticals and medical devices, researchers have described how the contamination of these products can be due to breaches in sterile compounding procedures. Ahmed et al. One case of drug contamination from 2021 was highlighted in the paper.
Omnicell
SEPTEMBER 5, 2022
Mark Neuenschwander Founding Director, THRIVCoalition.org Seminal research from 1997 on IV compounding discovered that 9 percent of manually compounded sterile preparations had incorrect ingredients and/or volumes. Worst yet, 74% of all respondents were aware of at least one pharmacy compounding error in the last 12 months.
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