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Manual IV Compounding – a Potential Recipe for Disaster?

Omnicell

When we talked about IV room compounding, I’ll never forget them telling me, “Making IVs is not like making pizzas at the local sub shop.” ” It’s not a big deal if you mix up sausage and pepperoni on a pizza, but one misstep in manual IV compounding could be absolutely devastating to a patient.

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Rising Demand for Customized Medication To Transform Compounding Pharmacies Market Outlook

Pharma Mirror

Compounding pharmacies, which involve the preparation and selling of prescribed medicines are gaining massive popularity across the healthcare sector owing to the rising awareness regarding the benefits of compounded medications.

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A half century after Prozac, a new generation of depression drugs is bringing hope to a long-stagnant field

STAT

This article is excerpted from the latest STAT Report: Treating Depression: a new era of promising Drugs. O n May 8, 1972, a researcher at Eli Lilly in Indianapolis named Jong-Sin Horng tested a compound his team had developed and found it had a curious property. Read the rest…

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ebook: Twin-screw extrusion for pharmaceutical applications

European Pharmaceutical Review

Hot-melt extrusion can help overcome many pharmaceutical formulation challenges since it is a straightforward technique to compound all excipients on a molecular level. Various dosage forms can be produced with a twin-screw extruder and corresponding downstream equipment.

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Pharma á la carte – 4/25/23

The Honest Apothecary

Here I share some of the latest news, articles, editorials, or blog posts that fall generally under the theme of Pharma or healthcare. All article shared will be free to read and not locked behind an annoying paywall. “Right now, 48 out of 50 State Boards of Pharmacy do not regulate flavoring as compounding. READ MORE.

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IV Robotics and the Latest USP Revisions

Omnicell

Pharmacopeia (USP) published revisions to the general chapters on compounding Nonsterile <795> and Sterile <797> preparations, including robotic technology for the very first time. Sterile compounding is one of the most labor-intensive and risky areas of pharmacy.

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Semaglutide and Tirzepatide Resources for Independent Pharmacies

DiversifyRx

Help your patients access the hottest weight loss medications with these semaglutide and tirzepatide resources for independent pharmacy owners, whether you compound or not. It seems that there is a new article every day about some other great benefits of GLP-1s. Is It Legal To Compound Semaglutide and Tirzepatide?