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Pharma Microbiology East Coast Conference – A Virtual Conference with Remote Access

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The conference is proudly chaired by Lynne Ensor, Vice President, Technical, Parexel International as a 21-year veteran of the FDA, her areas of expertise include biopharmaceutical sterile product manufacturing and testing, pharmaceutical microbiology, pharmacy compounding, and regulatory policy development. in Biology and Ph.D.

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Pharma’s climate change vulnerability and opportunity

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Water-borne illnesses are also likely to become more common, as increased rain and storm surges contribute to flooding and contaminated run off. In 2017, the global medicines supply was interrupted when Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, home to more than 500 medical product facilities and producer of 10% of all drugs consumed in America.

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Hitting Pause on Criticism of the FDA, Just for Today

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is just one agency out of the many that make up the United States Department of Health and Human Services and, from PharmacyChecker’s relatively small (non-regulatory) role of helping verify online pharmacies to protect public health, I’ve learned just how insanely massive its mandate is.

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Through the Looking Glass: Is FDA really the “Gold Standard” in Drug Safety?

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wholesale importation of lower-cost drugs. Opponents of Americans buying less expensive drugs from overseas pharmacies (i.e. Food and Drug Administration exemplifies the “gold standard” in drug safety. Importing medicines from countries that do not have our same strong standards could taint our medicine supply.”.

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Trump’s Pakistani Imported Chloroquine Phosphate: FDA Inspections vs. EU Testing to Ensure Drug Safety

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In late March, drug giant Bayer Pharmaceuticals, out of the goodness of its heart, agreed to donate three million tablets of chloroquine phosphate to help the Trump administration get this drug into U.S. pharmacies. If you don’t, then you’re much more likely to get a counterfeit or otherwise substandard drug.

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COVID-19 Pandemic Coverage

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President Jair Bolsonara recently admitted that he, too has tested positive for COVID-19 and he, like Trump, believes in the medicinal power of hydroxychloroquine, despite good evidence to the contrary. Brazil has the second worst outbreak in the world, as it is now reporting over 1.8 million confirmed cases with over 72,000 deaths.