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Extemporaneous Compounding

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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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STAT+: ‘Learning each other’s language’: FDA, patent office seek to work together to lower drug prices

STAT

In 1997, Celgene obtained a key patent for what would become a blockbuster blood cancer treatment, giving it a monopoly until 2019. Not long after the patent was awarded, the company leveraged federally funded research and began investigating different forms of the compound, called Revlimid.

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China leads APAC in institute-led clinical trials: GlobalData

Express Pharma

According to GlobalData’s Pharmaceutical Intelligence Center, the number of single-country, interventional trials conducted by institutes has surged at a compound annual growth rate of 28 per cent from 656 in 2019 to 2,290 in 2023 across the major APAC countries. Notably, Phase II trials surged from 223 to 889.

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Key vaccine adjuvant biosynthesised

European Pharmaceutical Review

It is a key component of human vaccines for shingles, malaria, coronavirus disease 2019 and others under development.” Bioengineering vaccine adjuvants The paper explained: “QS-21 is a potent vaccine adjuvant currently sourced by extraction from the Chilean soapbark tree. Martin et al. Martin et al.

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Extemporaneous Preparation with Unknown Stability

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Today, stability information can be obtained from manufacturer’s labelling information (such as in the package insert), the USP compounding monographs, or peer-reviewed articles and references , such as articles in American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, the International Journal of Pharmaceutical Compounding.

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Fischer Medical Ventures secures marketing rights for Nanyang Biologics’ nutraceuticals in India, Middle East, & ASEAN

Express Pharma

NYB started its drug discovery journey from 2019 and signed a Master Research Collaborative Agreement with Nanyang Technological University in Singapore in 2021 for a SG$20M research plan dedicated to develop next-generation AI drug discovery platform.

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Recommended Medical Reference

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Adverse Drug Reaction Drug Induced Diseases, 2018 Meyler's Side Effects of Drugs, 2015 Antibiotics The Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy, 2022 Breastfeeding Briggs' Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation, 2021 Hale's Medications and Mothers' Milk, 2021 Clinical Practice Applied Therapeutics, 2018 Conn’s Current Therapy, 2022 Current Medical Diagnosis (..)