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NHC Submits Comments to CMS RE CY 2026 Policy & Technical Changes to MA and Part D Proposed Rule

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World Standards Day: Recognizing How Standards Enable a Strong Medicines Supply Chain

Quality Matters

can get a prescription filled at our neighborhood pharmacy and trust that the medicine we receive will be safe and work as it should. In 2007 and 2008, nearly 150 patients died and hundreds more suffered serious adverse reactions after they were treated with heparin, a commonly used blood-thinning drug.