AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas State Board of Pharmacy will create a task force to look at how compounding pharmacies operate. Compounding pharmacies are pharmacies that mix and tailor their own drugs for ...

Increasing competition and decreasing reimbursement for services provided are driving healthcare organizations to seek innovative value-based, patient-safety focused solutions. Hospitals and ...

In early 2024, the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) reported a record 323 active drug shortages, many affecting sterile injectable medications. This situation was exacerbated later ...

When you have to go on a medication, your doctor will probably prescribe a premade one that's FDA-approved. But sometimes, they may want you to go on a compounded medicine that's specifically made for ...

A Purdue-related startup is developing the first USP 797 certified, virtual pharmacy cleanroom laboratory for students and other industry professionals to gain hands-on experience in creating sterile ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., and INDIANAPOLIS – A Purdue-related startup is developing the first USP 797 certified, virtual pharmacy cleanroom laboratory for students and other industry professionals to gain ...

Sterile compounding has long been recognized as a high-risk area of health system pharmacy. Traditional manual IV compounding techniques can be prone to human error, leading to incorrect ingredients ...

ENGLEWOOD, Colo., April 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Baxa Corporation, a leading provider of medical devices and systems that automate pharmacy operations and increase patient safety, today announced the release ...

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 ...

Discover how compounding pharmacies are transforming healthcare by creating tailor-made medications for patients with unique needs, offering critical alternatives when standard drugs fall short, and ...

Five years ago, methylprednisolone acetate and other drugs compounded by the New England Compounding Center (NECC; Framingham, Mass.) and administered to patients throughout the United States caused a ...