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Chemotherapy and Compounding – What You NEED to Know

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Epicur Pharma’s Advisory Council member Ann Donoghue, DVM, MS shares her personal perspective on the important relationship between veterinary oncology and compounded medications used in chemotherapy treatments. Many of the presentations discussed the chemotherapies available to treat dogs.

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STAT+: Pharmalittle: AbbVie buys Immunogen, maker of targeted cancer drugs; Novo sues two more compounders

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Elahere is among a surging class of cancer medicines called antibody-drug conjugates, or ADCs, which are designed to deliver a targeted dose of chemotherapy directly to tumor cells while sparing healthy tissues. Testing of compounded drugs from these pharmacies revealed unknown impurities up to 33%, the company claims.

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STAT+: Pharmacists can make shortage drugs, but at what cost?

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Pharmacists increasingly are being asked to make drugs in bulk for hospitals that are in short supply, and they’re even beginning to make chemotherapies. Hospitals’ reliance on pharmacist-made drugs, a practice called compounding, has risen in step with worsening drug shortages.

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GlycoMimetics files patent for treating cancer and related conditions with compound of formula (i)

Pharmaceutical Technology

s groundbreaking patent for treating cancer and related conditions with Formula (I) compound. Learn how this method can reduce chemotherapy side effects and improve patient outcomes. Discover GlycoMimetics Inc.'s

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STAT+: More hospital pharmacists are rationing drugs due to increasing shortages

STAT

And the problem has become so bad – especially for chemotherapies — that one-third of hospital pharmacists reported their institutions are rationing, delaying, or canceling treatments or procedures, according to a new survey. Nearly every hospital pharmacy across the U.S. is experiencing shortages of prescription drugs.

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STAT+: Pharmalittle: More than 9 in 10 pharmacy techs report drug shortages; Yale and VA strike deal over ketamine patent royalties

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The techs who were queried identified chemotherapies; ADHD medicines; three drugs for weight loss and diabetes — Mounjaro, Ozempic, and Wegovy — and local anesthetics such as lidocaine as the top drugs experiencing shortages.

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Fungus-derived cancer killing drug by Oxford University shows promise

Pharma Times

A chemotherapy drug, NUC-7738, which is derived from a Himalayan fungus has been found to have 40 times greater potency in killing cancer cells than its original parent compound.