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, ...

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 ...

BOSTON New state documents detail problems found in 2006 by an outside firm hired to do an assessment at the company now at the center of a deadly meningitis outbreak. The state documents, obtained by ...

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 ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - When senators met nearly a decade ago to consider the dangers of pharmacies that mix or alter drugs with little federal oversight, health officials briefed them on some alarming ...

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 ...

When a medication doesn’t exist in the right dose, form or formulation, patients are left with few options – a challenge in rural areas like La Plata County. That gap is filled by compounding ...