Over the past few weeks, the FDA has devoted lots of attention to compounding pharmacies, issuing two new guidance documents pertaining to their fundamental scope, a guidance document regarding ...

SILVER SPRING, Md. — An inspection of more than two-dozen compounding pharmacies by Food and Drug Administration officials has found widespread problems with sanitation and sterilization practices, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . As of the end of October, 28 deaths resulting from the use of poorly prepared compounded medications by a ...

In the production of pharmaceutical drugs there are large scale drug manufacturers which produce brand name and generic drugs, and there are compound pharmacies which are specialty pharmacies made to ...

Three compounding pharmacies found to have problems in how they prepared or stored drugs have ­received cease-and-desist notices from the state Department of Public Health, as part of its ongoing ...

A premature infant admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) was placed on a ventilator. Along with parenteral nutrition, arterial fluids were started with sodium acetate 80 mEq/L and heparin ...

Chief Correspondent and Executive Editor, "Eye on America" Jim Axelrod is the chief correspondent and executive editor for CBS News' "Eye on America" franchise, part of the "CBS Evening News." He also ...

The infection came out of nowhere, 36 hours after Eloise Soler's heart surgery last summer at the Corpus Christi Medical Center in South Texas. As her fever spiked to 103, other patients developed ...

Below are some questions to be asked when considering contracting with an off-site compounding pharmacy. These questions were developed through the authors' experience and conversations with their ...