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Mapping the crisis: How data can help fix America’s growing pharmacy deserts

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These closures, compounded by the decline of independent pharmacies, create a critical gap in care. This commitment, combined with her vision and leadership, led to the launch of PolicyMap in 2008. These closures put medication access, affordability, and adherence at greater risk.

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The Stokes & Bova Partnership: Transforming Veterinary Medicine

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Our sister division, Stokes Pharmacy, and the Bova Group have almost parallel stories—pharmacies with retail roots that expanded into compounding to better serve a larger audience with the highest quality medications possible. Nick took over in 2008 after finishing his pharmacy degree. What sets Bova apart from other compounders?

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Addressing US FDA challenges in Indian sterile drug manufacturing – Part 3

Express Pharma

New England Compounding Centre (USA, 2012) One of the deadliest failures in aseptic manufacturing, this incident involved fungal contamination in injectable steroids, leading to over 100 deaths and more than 750 cases of fungal meningitis across the United States.

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Prevalence of Dosage Modifications and Impact on Response Milestone Among Patients With CML Treated With Imatinib Using RWD

Pharmacy Times

Eligible patients include adults (≥ 18 years) diagnosed with CML receiving imatinib as first-line therapy for more than 1 month between 2008 and 2023. Materials and Methods This retrospective observational study utilized the Carolina Data Warehouse for Health electronic health record (EHR) database.

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STAT+: ‘Learning each other’s language’: FDA, patent office seek to work together to lower drug prices

STAT

Not long after the patent was awarded, the company leveraged federally funded research and began investigating different forms of the compound, called Revlimid. Patent & Trademark Office granted two more patents, but did not do so until 2008. And critics say this helped ring the register at the expense of the American public.

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First-year students as instructors: who’s teaching whom? 

Pulses

When I discovered an interest in non-sterile compounding during my first year of pharmacy school, I worked with a professor to create and deliver content. I also had the opportunity to educate younger students by creating an activity for a third-year compounding elective. Peer-Led Team Learning: 2008 James Flack Norris Award Address.

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Extemporaneous Preparation with Unknown Stability

RX Note

Today, stability information can be obtained from manufacturer’s labelling information (such as in the package insert), the USP compounding monographs, or peer-reviewed articles and references , such as articles in American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, the International Journal of Pharmaceutical Compounding.