A Compounding Fracture at the FDA

A Compounding Fracture at the FDA

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The recent deadly outbreak of meningitis caused by spinal injections of a contaminated steroid has cast a spotlight on the practice of pharmacy compounding—when pharmacists mix or adapt medicines to make a specific prescribed treatment. The House and …
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Old Tuberculosis Treatment Performs As Prodrug

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“The article is a good example of the power of modern analytic biochemistry to uncover details of mechanisms of drug action,” agrees Denis Mitchison, program director of InterTB, a nonprofit organization focused on clinical trials for tuberculosis that …
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UNODC launches Pakistan drug protocol

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"The objective is to provide high-quality evidence-based drug treatment services to drug-dependent people," the UNODC said. The "Treatment Protocols for Drug Use" document was produced with assistance from the Pakistani Ministry of Narcotics Control …
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