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Labetalol batch recalled due to wrong dosage labelling

The Pharmacist

A batch of Labetalol 200mg tablets has been recalled as they are incorrectly labelled as 100mg tablets on the foil blister packaging. Pharmacists have been instructed to immediately stop […] The post Labetalol batch recalled due to wrong dosage labelling appeared first on The Pharmacist.

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Key senators make a big pivot on bipartisan insulin cost proposal

STAT

WASHINGTON — Amid a scramble to assemble a health care policy package in the Senate, a pair of key senators have significantly changed a proposal to cap insulin costs. The new legislation by Senate Diabetes Caucus co-chairs Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.)

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The Role of Packaging in the Pharmaceutical Industry

Pharma Packaging Solutions

The Role of Packaging in the Pharmaceutical Industry. Calling packaging a matter of life and death sounds dramatic in most cases, but if you’re speaking of pharmaceutical packaging, the phrase rings true. Packaging Protects Pharmaceuticals from Physical Damage. Packaging Protects Pharmaceuticals from Quality Degradation.

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Lupin Limited – Openings for PDL (Process Development Lab) & Packaging  Development Department -Apply Now

Pharma Pathway

Lupin Limited – Openings for PDL (Process Development Lab) & Packaging Development Department -Apply Now. We have Urgent Requirement for PDL (Process Development Lab) & Packaging Development Department for our Pithampur Location. Department: PDL (Process Development Lab) & Packaging Development. Job Description.

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Prefilled syringes and vaccines: Optimising parenteral packaging for the next pandemic

Pharmaceutical Technology

Manufacturers are actively looking at ways they can improve drug delivery through well-designed parenteral packaging systems, and the choice to deploy prefilled syringes for more and more injectable drug products is a key part of this push. Prefilled syringes offer a number of advantages over the more traditional glass vial.

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Blister material as a source of nitrosamine impurities

European Pharmaceutical Review

In a recent paper, published in the International Journal of Pharmaceutics , researchers identified nitrocellulose blister packaging as a potential source of N -nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) and N -nitrosodiethylamine (NDEA) impurities.

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STAT+: Pharmalittle: Novo faces patent challenge on Wegovy and Ozempic; Senate panel moves to address drug shortages

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If a package coalesces, it likely would not be introduced until next year. PTO’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board said that Mylan had shown a reasonable likelihood that the Novo patent covering dosage regimes for the drugs was invalid. The committee has jurisdiction over Medicare and Medicaid payment policies for hospitals.

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