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Adopting Automation Supports Safer, More Efficient Sterile Compounding

Omnicell

Dennis Wright Senior Director, Central Pharmacy Dispensing Services, Omnicell As disruption and uncertainty in the supply of IV medications from outsourced compounding facilities continues, health system pharmacies should reevaluate how they are managing sterile compounding needs. 23 at 1 pm ET.

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DEA Reaffirms Synthetic THC Compounds Are Schedule I Controlled Substances

The FDA Law Blog

THC acetate esters are different than delta-9-THC, the psychoactive compound found naturally in the cannabis plant. Dr. Boos explained that delta-9-THCO and delta-8-THCO have similar chemical structures and pharmacological activities as compounds in the cannabis plant so they fall within the definition of THC. Terrence L. Boos, Ph.D.,

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Canadian and US developers to trial psychedelic medicines in UK

European Pharmaceutical Review

Since the implementation of the combined review process in 2018, approval times have halved, while fast-track ethics applications enabling approvals within 60 days were introduced in August 2022. Mindset, also based in Toronto, is developing a range of products including a psilocybin -like compound aimed at treating MDD.

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Will Honey and Chocolate Ease Your Cough?

The People's Pharmacy

When scientists compared buckwheat honey to manuka honey, they found that antibacterial and antioxidant activity of both honeys are similar ( Food Chemistry , June 30, 2018 ). It is rich in phenolic compounds that have antioxidant activity ( Kavanaugh et al, Food Chemistry, Jan. Honey and Chocolate to Calm Coughs: Q. 30, 2019 ).

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Beckley Psytech raises $80m for psychedelic meds development

pharmaphorum

The Oxford-based company had originally hoped to raise $50 million from the series B, and the scale of the financing is further evidence that repurposing psychedelic compounds as potential therapies for neuro-psychiatric disorders is a hot topic in biopharma. Beckley – formerly known as Beckley Canopy Therapeutics – raised £7.4

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AbbVie, Anima Biotech announce collaboration worth $580M plus

pharmaphorum

Anima uses its mRNA Lightning platform to discover small molecules and determine their mechanisms of action for diseases previously deemed undruggable, with scientists searching for compounds that target proteins with roles in regulating mRNA, so as to affect disease states through post-transcriptional regulation (i.e.

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8 health benefits of beets

The Checkup by Singlecare

Whatever you know it as—and however you prepare it, from sliced raw to juiced to pickled to roasted—the beet is a nutritional powerhouse, packed with vitamin antioxidants, anti-inflammatory compounds, heart-healthy nitrates, and a few other unexpected benefits. If you have high blood pressure, continue to take your blood pressure medication.