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Extemporaneous Compounding

RX Note

Introduction In 2018, the Ministry of Health Malaysia published the Good Compounding Practice as a guidance for compounding practices. NOTE: When compounding a preparation using the contents of an ampoule , care should be taken to withdraw the solution using a filter needle to avoid incorporating glass particles into the compound.

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

STAT

In 1997, Celgene obtained a key patent for what would become a blockbuster blood cancer treatment, giving it a monopoly until 2019. Not long after the patent was awarded, the company leveraged federally funded research and began investigating different forms of the compound, called Revlimid.

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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.

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Key vaccine adjuvant biosynthesised

European Pharmaceutical Review

It is a key component of human vaccines for shingles, malaria, coronavirus disease 2019 and others under development.” Bioengineering vaccine adjuvants The paper explained: “QS-21 is a potent vaccine adjuvant currently sourced by extraction from the Chilean soapbark tree. Martin et al. Martin et al.

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MDD market across 8MM to reach $9.6 bn by 2029 driven by novel drug launches: GlobalData

Express Pharma

billion in 2019 to $9.6 billion by 2029 across the eight major markets (8MM*) at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.4 Several key products, including Trintellix (vortioxetine), which was the top-selling drug in the MDD market in 2019 with sales of $904.0, per cent, according to GlobalData.

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Recommended Medical Reference

RX Note

Adverse Drug Reaction Drug Induced Diseases, 2018 Meyler's Side Effects of Drugs, 2015 Antibiotics The Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy, 2022 Breastfeeding Briggs' Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation, 2021 Hale's Medications and Mothers' Milk, 2021 Clinical Practice Applied Therapeutics, 2018 Conn’s Current Therapy, 2022 Current Medical Diagnosis (..)

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ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearl: Who Doesn’t Like a Nice Rosé?

ALiEM - Pharm Pearls

 Deferoxamine binds with ferric iron (Fe3+) to form ferrioxamine, a water-soluble compound excreted in the urine. As McGraw-Hill Education; 2019 Madiwale T, Liebelt E. Iron toxicity treated with deferoxamine Background Deferoxamine is the treatment for severe iron toxicity [1]. Deferoxamine Blake Froberg, Bryan Judge, and Louise Kao.