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Chemotherapy and Compounding – What You NEED to Know

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But compounding is not easy, it requires skill, training, and consistency. The consistency aspect has been identified as a real issue in compounded medications. A compounding pharmacy, or 503A, is not required to perform potency or stability testing , it’s done at the discretion of the pharmacy.

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5 Qualities to Look for in Your Veterinary Pharmacy Partners

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Traditional 503A compounding pharmacies and 503B outsourcing manufacturers both serve as important partners for veterinary practices, providing patient-specific prescriptions and manufacturing bulk drugs for in-practice use and dispensing when allowed by state regulations. Our blog gives you a comprehensive look at the two.

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FDA accepts Outlook Therapeutics’ BLA for wet AMD treatment

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On receiving approval, the treatment is expected to replace the requirement to use unapproved repackaged oncologic IV bevacizumab from compounding pharmacies for wet AMD treatment. The regulator has set 29 August 2023 as a Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) goal date.

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Are Exact Strength Medications Exact? Why Standard Strength is Better for Veterinary Patients

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These FDA-regulated manufacturing processes require 503B manufactured drugs to go through extensive potency testing to ensure the drug is within +/- 10% of the strength on the label. Because there is no way to ensure that each tablet or capsule from a 503A pharmacy has exactly 1.62 Be confident in the pharmacy partner you choose.

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Meet the Team: Branson Bruce Talks Veterinary Compounding Education and Building Relationships

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Compounding pharmacies, unlike 503Bs, are not required to test the final product. The product is what it says it is on the label, it’s 100% manufactured and we’re giving them a product that they can use for office administration and dispensing so they can start patient care immediately. Thanks, Branson!

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Supplier qualification standard aims to strengthen supply chains for quality medicines, dietary supplements, and foods

Quality Matters

While focuses on evaluating and establishing supplier reliability for pharmaceutical manufacturing companies and compounding pharmacies, its high-level elements of supplier qualification can also be applied to suppliers of foods and dietary supplement ingredients.

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Low Dose Naltrexone and Hashimoto’s

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Dr. Bernard Bihari is credited with making these discoveries about using naltrexone off-label, at lower doses. It’s also best to work with a compounding pharmacy that can help you titrate your dose correctly. It needs to be compounded into lower doses by a professional compounding pharmacy.