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What is compounded semaglutide made of?

The Checkup by Singlecare

Common brand-name drugs that contain this ingredient include Ozempic , Wegovy , and Rybelsus all manufactured by Novo Nordisk, a Danish pharmaceutical company. Compounded versions of semaglutide contain varying ingredients, and theyre not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

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Preventing fungal contamination in pharmaceuticals

European Pharmaceutical Review

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.

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What is a Compounding Pharmacy?

BuzzRx

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?