Wednesday, July 30, 2014

First Question of the Day July 30, 2014 How much has illegal compounded medications (both human and animal) impacted the current antibiotic resistance? Is this an area that needs to be studied and examined?


Global leaders raise alarm on antibiotic resistance

Poor diagnostic tools, inappropriate use of antibiotics and a lack of new replacement drugs are causing a global crisis of antimicrobial resistance, according to global health leaders.

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Antibiotics critical to humans used as growth promoters in poultry: CSE

News Video: Express Scripts Cuts Payments For Customized Drugs « CBS Pittsburgh

Express Scripts Cuts Payments For Customized Drugs « CBS Pittsburgh

Automation Helps Compounding Pharmacies Meet Compliance Standards

July 30, 2014


The passage last year of federal legislation to regulate pharmacy compounding was not only necessary but long overdue. Compounding pharmacies had historically been regulated at the state level, even though some produced drugs that were being sold in other states. Meanwhile, the public remained largely unaware of the compounding industry, confident that their health care providers would never inject them with anything that was not safe.


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