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Legal Briefs: Pharmacist Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges, Federal Court Issues Restraining Order Against Pharmacy, and More
March 01, 2021
Ann Latner, JD, breaks down three legal cases including, a pharmacist who plead guilty to federal charges for sabotaging COVID-19 vaccines and an Alaska pharmacy that was fined for prescription…
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Antibiotic Recalled Over Impurity Findings
February 26, 2021
Ascend Laboratories is recalling nine lots of cephalexin for oral suspension because impurity results during testing were “at [the] higher side of…
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Countless Homebound Patients Still Wait for COVID-19 Vaccine Despite Priority of Older Adults
February 25, 2021
Health organizations have begun sending doctors and nurses to apartment buildings and private homes to vaccinate homebound older adults, but the…
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Improving Vaccine Delivery, Operations
February 24, 2021
Adnan Iqbal, CEO and co-founder, Luma Health, identifies what is lacking in vaccine delivery and operations, and offers tips for health…
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Identifying, Improving Safety Gaps in Sterile Pharmacy Compounding Systems and Practices: Part I
February 24, 2021
Damon Birkemeier, PharmD, FDA/ISMP safe medication management fellow, discusses survey results concerning compounding technologies and common safety…
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Predicting the Need for SGLT2 Inhibitors for Future Heart Failure
February 23, 2021
“The SGLT2i are an expensive group of drugs in comparison to other goal-directed medical therapies for HfrEF, says Mark Munger, PharmD. “Perhaps this…
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What Happened to the Influenza Virus?
February 19, 2021
“Reports of low influenza activity thus far have eased the anxieties and fears of many individuals during this ongoing COVID-19 pandemic,” says…
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Anticoagulant Recalled Over Mislabeled Syringes
February 19, 2021
Two batches of enoxaparin sodium injections are being recalled by Apotex Corp. because of incorrect dosage markings on some syringe barrels.
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How Do We Achieve Optimal Population Cardiovascular Health?
February 10, 2021
Mark Munger, PharmD, professor, Pharmacotherapy and Internal Medicine, University of Utah, discusses the declining rate of cardiovascular health…
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