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Article FDA Thank You In proposed rule, FDA offers up a (surprisingly sparse) list of drugs that present demonstrable compounding difficulties

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FDA addressed the expanding practice of drug compounding in 1992 by issuing a compliance policy guide that clarified that pharmacies which compounded products at certain scales, for certain purposes, or without FDA approval were clearly operating “outside the bounds of traditional pharmacy practice.”

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Article FDA Thank You Addressing benzene contamination, FDA issues guidance for reformulating products containing certain carbomers

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Citizen petitions have raised the alarm regarding benzene in recent years, leading to FDA action Valisure, an analytical pharmacy that first alerted the FDA to concerns associated with nitrosamine impurities , recently set its sights on benzene impurities.

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Analysis Life Sciences Thank You FDA’s nonprescription advisors find no efficacy for phenylephrine

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Until recently, the FDA relied on a monograph process through which firms could bring OTC drugs to market without FDA approval so long as it adhered to pre-set terms under the monograph. CHPA considered the original studies to be sound and instead found issues with the newer studies.

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New JAMA Article Recommends Personal Drug Importation To Help American Patients Afford Prescription Drugs

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Harvard doctors and public health experts recommend using the website PharmacyChecker.com to find international online pharmacies to order more affordable prescription drugs for personal importation when domestic savings strategies fail. They offer this advice in a new article in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

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Mark Cuban’s Pharmacy Dreams Are Generic

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Mark Cuban’s new online pharmacy venture – the Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company (“Cost Plus Drug”) – will not help overcome the biggest obstacle to drug affordability in America, which is drug company monopolies on patented brand name prescription drugs. That’s even cheaper than foreign online pharmacy prices , including in India. .

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FDA Approves Sesquient (fosphenytoin sodium) for the Treatment of Status Epilepticus in Adult and Pediatric Patients

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FDA Approves Sesquient (fosphenytoin sodium) for the Treatment of Status Epilepticus in Adult and Pediatric Patients. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Sesquient (fosphenytoin sodium for injection) for the treatment of status epilepticus in adult and pediatric patients. About Sesquient. Source link.

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FDA Approves Zokinvy (lonafarnib) for Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome and Processing-Deficient Progeroid Laminopathies

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FDA Approves Zokinvy (lonafarnib) for Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome and Processing-Deficient Progeroid Laminopathies. Zokinvy for the treatment of Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome (HGPS or Progeria) and processing-deficient Progeroid Laminopathies is the Company’s first FDA approval. PALO ALTO, Calif.,