Reliable Drug Pharmacy is voluntarily recalling all unexpired lots of compounded products due to a concern of lack of quality assurance and potential mislabeling after a series of inspections by the FDA. SUPER-POTENT MORPHINE RECALLED All recalled products were distributed to patients and veterinarians within California. A few products were shipped to Hawaii, New Mexico and …
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Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act, the healthcare industry has introduced a number of regulatory changes to improve patient care. In the past year, following a string of deadly compounding errors, such as a New England meningitis outbreak that resulted in 64 patient deaths, many such changes have focused on standardized guidelines for …
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A new general chapter from the U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) will do more to ensure hazardous drugs are handled properly. General Chapter <800>, Hazardous Drugs—Handling in Healthcare Settings, published in February 2016, was developed to protect health care workers, including pharmacists, from residual exposure in health care settings. The mandatory rule applies to every site …
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The FDA announced plans this week to move forward with a trial release of genetically modified mosquitoes in the U.S. as a strategy to fight the Zika virus. The announcement details the release of the GM male mosquitoes into the environment somewhere near Key West, Florida. The male mosquitoes have been modified to contain a gene that kills the …
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The Food and Drug Administration expanded approval of a Pfizer drug to treat a small subset of lung cancer patients with a rare mutation. The agency says Xalkori capsules are now approved for patients with the ROS-1 gene mutation, who make up about 1 percent of U.S. patients with non-small cell lung cancer, the most …
(NOBLESVILLE) – A central Indiana compounding pharmacy is recalling a narcotic painkiller after three newborns were sickened by a “super-potent” intravenous form of the drug the company distributed. The Indianapolis Star reports that Pharmakon Pharmaceuticals issued a voluntary recall for an intravenous form of morphine sulfate on February 11 after lab results showed that it …
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last week approved the first diagnostic to detect the Zika virus under its emergency use authorization pathway, reports the Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society (RADS). This allows the FDA to authorize unapproved products during a public health emergency. There are currently no other approved diagnostics available to detect Zika, a …
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NSW Health authorities have widened their investigation of an IV “hydration” clinic to include the pharmacist who manufactured a cocktail of injectable vitamins that put a Sydney woman in hospital. Dr Michael Serafin, of Complementary Compounding Services in Ballina, confirmed on Wednesday he had been dragged into an expanded inquiry surrounding the iv.me clinic in Darlinghurst, alleging to Fairfax Media that he would not have supplied the product …
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Federal health regulators plan to warn consumers more strongly about Essure, a contraceptive implant that has drawn thousands of complaints from women reporting chronic pain, bleeding and other health problems. The Food and Drug Administration announced Monday it would add a boxed warning — its most serious type — to alert doctors and patients to …
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