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The FDA has issued draft guidance for compounders outlining insanitary conditions that put patients at risk for harm.

Hazardous drug contamination is an issue of vital importance for specialty pharmacists.

Two compounding pharmacists from Alabama will spend a year in prison for distributing tainted drugs.

A recent series of initiatives from both the public and private sector suggest a shared goal of reducing errors and increasing patient safety in drug compounding.

New pharmacy school graduates seeking licensing in New York State (NYS) will soon take the NYS Wet Lab.

The FDA is warning health care professionals and patients about products intended to be sterile that were compounded by Medaus Inc.

The FDA has entered a permanent injunction against Paul W. Franck, who allegedly manufactured and distributed products that violated the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

The FDA has issued 3 draft guidance documents that clarify how it intends to enforce the prescription requirement for drugs compounded by health-system pharmacies.

It turns out Reliable Drug Pharmacy's products may not be so reliable after all.

A Texas compounding pharmacy called Pharmacy Solutions will pay $85,000 to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit.

If you're a retail pharmacist or pharmacy technician, you've likely experienced issues with getting compounded prescription drug claims paid.

Abbott's Compounding Pharmacy is voluntarily recalling all of its unexpired lots of sterile compounded products, including injectable medications, eye drops, sterile solutions, and eye ointments, out of concern for sterility assurance.

Compounding pharmacy Downing Labs LLC, its co-owners, and its pharmacist-in-charge have been issued a consent decree of permanent injunction.

Qualgen has taken corrective actions concerning its compounding facility conditions and sterility processes.

Downing Labs, a retail pharmacy based in Texas, has issued a voluntary recall of all lots of sterile products.

An FDA warning about compounded drugs stored in Becton-Dickinson (BD) syringes now applies to 4 more syringe sizes as well as oral syringes.

In the long wake of a deadly meningitis outbreak from tainted drugs distributed by a compounding pharmacy in Massachusetts, state regulators have been increasing their inspections of pharmacies with complaints.

Lipscomb University College of Pharmacy students recently began working in a new sterile compounding laboratory constructed partly in response to the fungal meningitis outbreak in 2012.

The Virginia State Board of Pharmacy shut down the prescription operations of a pharmacy in Richmond after deeming it deficient in several areas upon inspection.

The International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists Board of Directors and the American Pharmacists Association House of Delegates have issued statements discouraging pharmacists from preparing or dispensing products used for lethal injections.

A pharmacist in Cleveland, Tennessee, has surrendered her license following an investigation into her compounding pharmacy's use of potentially unsafe ingredients.

This interview features Adma Metcalf, PharmD, of Hill Country Apothecary.

A great way to observe National Kidney Month is by encouraging patients to get tested to determine whether they are at risk for kidney disease.

David G. Miller, RPh, executive vice president and CEO of the International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists, debunks what he thinks are the 3 biggest compounding pharmacy myths.

US District Judge Lee Yeakel has entered a consent decree of permanent injunction between the United States and a Texas compounding pharmacy.