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How authentication of drugs has become a fundamental pillar of patient safety

Express Pharma

This widespread issue has led to treatment failures, adverse reactions, and even loss of life among patients. Counterfeit drugs, intentionally mislabeled or misrepresented, often contain substandard or harmful ingredients, incorrect dosages, or no active ingredients at all.

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How to Run DMC? It’s Tricky – FDA’s New Draft Guidance Provides Updated Recommendations on How to Best Use Data Monitoring Committees in Clinical Trials

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

The new draft guidance is generally reflective of these developments, and we wanted to highlight several of the changes in this blog post. DMC charters have also grown longer and more detailed.

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OPDP Says TV Ad is Out of Bounds with Fourth Untitled Letter of 2024

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

This letter, dated August 29, 2024, (at the height of the US Open, no less) comes not even a month after OPDP’s last letter from August 1, and a little over a month since another celebrity-related Untitled Letter, both of which we blogged about here.

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Lizzo has Thoughts: First Untitled Letter for Promotional Activities in a Yearwass

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

It has boxed warnings for hepatoxicity and QT prolongation and is contraindicated in numerous patient populations and has 17 adverse reactions with an incidence of >20%. We’ve blogged on this previously almost exactly a year ago (we did a slightly better job on not offending pop culture).

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Episode 777: Can famotidine cause ICU delirium?

Pharmacy Joe

Subscribe on iTunes , Android , or Stitcher Depending on which meta-analysis you read, famotidine is an option for stress ulcer prophylaxis in ICU patients. diff infection or pneumonia.

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How Long Until AI Starts to Replace Pharmacists

pharmacy mentor

AI algorithms can analyse patient data to predict potential drug interactions, customise treatment plans, and even identify early signs of adverse reactions. By leveraging AI, pharmacies can already optimise drug dispensing processes, improve medication management, and enhance patient safety.

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PharmDs – Crucial to Chronic Care Management Services: A Doctor’s Perspective

PharmD Live

A pharmacist who can review the additional added medications and ensure no adverse reactions are expected, and no drug interactions considerably lowers the risk to this population. Back to Main Blog. Diabetes 2, low quality of life, cardiac-related illnesses, osteoarthritis, and more are caused or exacerbated by obesity.