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503b CompoundingAmbrose updates drug shortage
Health minister Rona Ambrose confirms work is being done to study the problem of drug shortages in the country. So far they’re continuing to have a voluntary reporting program where manufacturers let the ministries across Canada know about problems. “If there is a drug shortage they have to be posted on a web site,” Ambrose […]
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503b CompoundingPenicillin shortage surprises Edmonton ER doctor
Edmonton emergency room physician Dr. Louis Francescutti says doctors are encountering drug shortages, including even common drugs like penicillin. Francescutti, who is currently the president of the Canadian Medical Association, recently wanted to prescribe the liquid form of penicillin to one of his patients in an Edmonton emergency room. One of his colleagues told him they had been out of […]
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503b CompoundingTeva Pharmaceutical recalls 38,858 bottles of drugs made by Emcure Pharmaceuticals in US market
NEW DELHI: Israeli drug-maker Teva is recalling nearly 39,000 bottles of three drugs manufactured by its Indian supplierEmcure Pharmaceuticals in the US market due to violation of manufacturing norms. The recall includes anti-diabetic glyburide and metformin hydrochloride tablets, anti-inflammatory drug indomethacin in different strengths and hypertension drug methyldopa. According to information available on US Food and Drug Administration’s […]
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