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September2014
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503b CompoundingAre Generic Drugs Dangerous?
Generic drugs have long been pushed on American consumers as cost-effective alternatives to brand-name prescription medicines. But widespread manufacturing irregularities at drug factories overseas are raising troubling new questions about the safety of generics and whether they are putting Americans’ health at risk. A new analysis by the U.S. National Bureau of Economic Research reveals […]
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September2014
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503b CompoundingKnoxville-area clinics say they aren’t affected by injectable warning from state health department
CLEVELAND (WATE) – State health regulators are telling people not to use certain injectable medications produced by a Chattanooga-area compounding pharmacy. The state says two clinics in the Knoxville area received drugs from the pharmacy, but those clinics say the drugs they use are not the ones that have inspectors worried. The pharmacy at the […]
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September2014
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503b CompoundingStudy shows inconsistent dosages of widely used eye disease drug
Custom-made versions of a widely prescribed, low-cost drug used to prevent a leading cause of blindness in the elderly vary widely in their dosages, Weill Cornell Medical College scientists found in analyses of the eye injections. Investigators saw no evidence of impurities or contamination but found that many of the samples, which were prepared by […]
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