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 ...

SILVER SPRING, Md. — An inspection of more than two-dozen compounding pharmacies by Food and Drug Administration officials has found widespread problems with sanitation and sterilization practices, ...

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 ...

The Ohio State Board of Pharmacy plans to get a better handle on the size of the state’s compounding-pharmacy industry in the wake of a deadly outbreak of fungal meningitis, which apparently ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26-- Shawn Hodges, president with the Alexandria, Virginia-based Alliance for Pharmacy Compounding, has issued a public comment on the Food and Drug Administration notice entitled ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

An ordered pharmaceutical compounding process for use in 503A pharmacies, 503B outsourcing facilities, pharmaceutical industry, and other applications. Compounded pharmaceutical dosage forms may be ...