Over the past few weeks, the FDA has devoted lots of attention to compounding pharmacies, issuing two new guidance documents pertaining to their fundamental scope, a guidance document regarding ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . As of the end of October, 28 deaths resulting from the use of poorly prepared compounded medications by a ...

A premature infant admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) was placed on a ventilator. Along with parenteral nutrition, arterial fluids were started with sodium acetate 80 mEq/L and heparin ...

Specialized, drug-producing pharmacies like the one implicated in the nation's ongoing meningitis outbreak have been tied to a string of fatal infections and overdoses stretching back more than a ...

The FDA has scrambled to get on top of the compounding pharmacy sector in the wake of the fungal meningitis outbreak, but last week it admitted it still faces a fundamental issue--it is unsure of the ...

Chief Correspondent and Executive Editor, "Eye on America" Jim Axelrod is the chief correspondent and executive editor for CBS News' "Eye on America" franchise, part of the "CBS Evening News." He also ...

In a highly unusual step, the Food and Drug Administration has released a report of inspections it conduct this month of the Massachusetts pharmacy at the center of a national outbreak of fungal ...

Below are some questions to be asked when considering contracting with an off-site compounding pharmacy. These questions were developed through the authors' experience and conversations with their ...

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