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Extemporaneous Compounding

RX Note

Introduction In 2018, the Ministry of Health Malaysia published the Good Compounding Practice as a guidance for compounding practices. NOTE: When compounding a preparation using the contents of an ampoule , care should be taken to withdraw the solution using a filter needle to avoid incorporating glass particles into the compound.

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Cancer vaccines: providing the edge in oncology

pharmaphorum

According to a report by IQVIA last year, there were 3,500 oncology-focused therapeutic candidates in the pipeline, which represents a 75% increase on figures seen in 2015. Closely related to this is the fact that global spending on oncology drugs reached $164 billion in 2020, with drug sales growing at a compound annual growth rate of 14.3%

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Low Dose Naltrexone and Hashimoto’s

The Thyroid Pharmacist

In 2015, I conducted a survey of over 2000 readers with Hashimoto’s , asking for the most helpful interventions in their health journeys. Dr. Bernard Bihari is credited with making these discoveries about using naltrexone off-label, at lower doses. It needs to be compounded into lower doses by a professional compounding pharmacy.

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Novel oral chemotherapeutic holds potential for stomach cancer patients

European Pharmaceutical Review

Introducing an irinotecan tablet formulation, in combination with other effective oral compounds, provides the opportunity for patients to receive an all-oral, metronomic chemotherapy with better efficacy in a more convenient and cost-effective regimen. accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2014/020571s048lbl.pdf [Accessed 25.01.22].

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Extemporaneous Formulation

RX Note

Introduction Despite the shifting of pharmacy focus to pharmaceutical care, the practice of compounding pharmaceutical formulations remains an essential skill for pharmacists. Product should be labelled clearly and stored as recommended within the formula. Being a drug expert, we are expected to know them all.

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Medication Safety

RX Note

Such events may be related to professional practice and healthcare products, procedures and systems, including prescribing; order communication; product labelling, packaging and nomenclature; compounding; dispensing; distribution; administration; education; monitoring; and use.

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Innovating for Individual Care: The Impact of USP on Personalized Medicine

Quality Matters

USP has a long-standing history of healthcare standards including those for compounding preparations that are tailored to meet the unique needs of patients who may not otherwise have access to their medications. Nature 520, 609–611 (2015). Personalized Medicine Coalition. ii Personalized Medicine 101. Accessed November 6, 2023.