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Leading commercial packaging companies in contract marketing

Pharmaceutical Technology

Packaging plays a vital role in maintaining the quality, safety, user-friendliness and marketability of drugs and other pharmaceutical products. Finding the best commercial packaging suppliers in contract marketing. Pharmaceutical packaging formats and materials. Pharmaceutical packaging formats and materials.

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Opinion: Allowing pharmacies to dispense methadone is dangerous for patients and communities

STAT News

trillion omnibus spending package that includes numerous provisions aimed at addressing the opioid epidemic. These highly regulated facilities are made up of multidisciplinary teams of physicians, nurses, counselors, and social workers who provide comprehensive medication-assisted treatment. Congress is expected to pass a massive $1.7

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Seizure Drug from Sagent Pharmaceuticals Recalled Over Faulty Seal

XTalks

is recalling four lots of its injectable seizure medication levetiracetam over concerns of container closure integrity on vials of the drug product. The levetiracetam injection (USP 500 mg per 5 mL) is packaged in a single-dose 5 mL vial. The integrity of container closures is critical to drug safety. Sagent Pharmaceuticals Inc.

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Two Drug-Related Provisions Enacted in Infrastructure Law

FDA Law Blog

Kirschenbaum — While most of the Congressional focus on drug pricing has centered on the reconciliation bill currently being hammered out in the House and Senate, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (the “Act”), which was signed by President Biden yesterday, contains two provisions relating to drug payment and discounting.

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Health Highlights: Dec. 30, 2020

The Pharma Data

Regulators said that the first dose of the vaccine had 70% effectiveness in protecting against COVID-19 in the period between the first dose taking effect and a second shot. Consumers should not use any of this prescription oral rinse, which was distributed to dental offices and pharmacies nationwide, CBS News said. Shane Erickson Inc.

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Accurate dosing: How to achieve maximum precision with poor-flowing products

Pharmaceutical Technology

Due to rising healthcare spending, launch of novel treatments, and the rise of chronic diseases in an aging population, the global pharmaceutical packaging equipment market is rapidly expanding. Safety issues must also be addressed, such as containment and potential ignition factors. Recent analysis valued the market [i] at USD 8.5

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European Commission vs Big Pharma, or profit vs access?  

Drug Discovery World

However, stakeholders should be aware that the leaked review contains no such analysis. What of the increased possibilities for ‘replacement pharmacy compounding’ for weekly hospital supplies, and for routine manufacturing of cell and gene therapies without a marketing authorisation? appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW).