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Opinion: Compounding pharmacies offer a fix for shortages of essential drugs

STAT

At the urging of the Alliance for Pharmacy Compounding, the trade association I lead, the Food and Drug Administration in April 2020 issued temporary guidance allowing traditional compounding pharmacies, within tight regulatory guardrails, to prepare 13 Covid drugs from pure ingredients to meet hospitals’ urgent need.

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Opinion: Policymakers must take action on the physician shortage

STAT

These workforce challenges are compounded by the fact that America — both physicians  and our patient population — is also aging, and the number of available doctors is shrinking. Nearly 334,000  health care professionals left the workforce in 2021.

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STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about Pfizer struggles with Starboard, Lilly going after compounders, and more

STAT

in 2022 and 66% in 2021. As the proportion of industry-bound researchers dipped in 2023, the percentage of graduates going into academic jobs increased from 18.8% in 2022 to 22.1%. But more granular data provided by NSF showed that, in 2023, about 75% of these jobs were non-tenure track positions, compared to 70.6%

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STAT+: Roivant autoimmune drug succeeds in eye condition; company to buy back $1.5 billion in stock

STAT

The autoimmune drug, brepocitinib, is being steered by a company called Priovant Therapeutics, which was formed as part of a deal between Roivant and Pfizer in 2021.     It is one of the most-watched compounds in Roivant’s pipeline for multiple autoimmune indications. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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Schizophrenia market to reach $17 billion in 7MM by 2031, forecasts GlobalData

Express Pharma

The schizophrenia market across the seven major markets (7MM*) is poised to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.4 billion in 2021 to $17.0 per cent from $8.4 billion in 2031, driven by the anticipated introduction of 11 late-stage pipeline products during the forecast period, according to GlobalData.

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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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Effective Drug Patent Prosecution Strategies: Securing Your Pharmaceutical Innovations

Drug Patent Watch

According to a 2021 study by the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development, the average cost to develop a new drug is a staggering $2.6 From initial compound discovery to formulation improvements, every step offers opportunities for patent protection.” billion[1].