Key Steps for Pharmacists to Improve Compounding Practices

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8 hours ago - A presentation held at the ASHP 2017 Midyear Clinical Meeting and Exhibition provided an overview of the key steps pharmacists should take to improve their compounding practices.

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FDA Clarifies Approved Free-Choice Feeding Options for Anaplasmosis Control in Cattle

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	In January 2017, FDA and animal drug manufacturers completed the voluntary transition of antimicrobial drugs of medical importance used in animal feed to Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD) marketing status under Guidance for Industry (GFI) #213. Since that time, the FDA has received questions from stakeholders relating to certain uses of free-choice medicated feeds (products that contain one or more animal drugs and are placed in feeding or grazing areas for animals to freely consume) for the control of active infection of anaplasmosis in cattle. Some of these questions involved uses of such feeds that are not in compliance with currently approved use conditions. Read entire press release.

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Legal and medical ethicists say the lawyer-owned pharmacy could lead to conflicts of interest and drive up medical costs. Workers First has billed insurance carriers upward of $4,000 per tube of compounded pain cream, which are not approved by the Food and Drug Administration. “That's worrisome. They're sending ...

USP 800 Checklist: Priority Areas to Address

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To prepare for USP Chapter <800>, pharmacies must ensure that they are meeting the right compounding compliance standards. A presentation held at the ASHP 2017 Midyear Clinical Meeting and Exhibition provided an overview of the key steps pharmacists should take to improve their compounding practices.

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Under USP <800>, all hazardous drugs must be stored and compounded in a room that has air pressure with a negative pressure of 0.01 to 0.03” to adjacent space, ... A Containment Segregated Compounding Area, CACl in negative room with 12 air changes per hour, and a BSC outside of cleanroom are also allowed if ...

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The Indian Pharmaceutical Congress is a national annual event of pharmacist from all walks of pharmacy profession to deliberate various issues relating to industry, regulatory, academia, hospital and community pharmacy and to evolve collective wisdom for formulating newer policies for the country in the relevant fields ...

Here's where the nation's biggest drug lobby spent money in 2016

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Facing bipartisan hostility over high drug prices in an election year, the pharma industry's biggest trade group boosted revenue by nearly a fourth last year and spread the millions collected among hundreds of lobbyists, politicians and patient groups, new filings show. It was the biggest surge for the Pharmaceutical ...