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STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about compounders suing the FDA, Biogen turning to telehealth, and more

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… A trade group representing large compounding pharmacies has sued the U.S. appeals court ruled 2-1 that Merck is immune from an antitrust lawsuit accusing it of misleading regulators about the effectiveness of its mumps vaccine in order to ward off competition, Reuters says. ” A U.S. from 1967 until 2022.

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Meet Mickey O’Connor, Epicur Pharma’s Director of Business Development

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There’s still a lack of understanding of the difference between a 503A traditional compounding pharmacy versus a 503B outsourcing facility. There was an office Id visited that said they already had a compounding pharmacy and werent interested in switching. So, thats a lot of the conversations I have with them.

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

Quality Matters

Distilleries, perfumeries and other businesses, as well as compounding pharmacies, stepped up to make this important product, but there was no agreed upon standard for how to do so. USP engaged its scientific committee and quickly developed standards to support the production of quality hand sanitizers.