Today, the scale at which most compounding pharmacies produce drugs — and the frequency of problems arising from their products — remains largely unknown.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - When senators met nearly a decade ago to consider the dangers of pharmacies that mix or alter drugs with little federal oversight, health officials briefed them on some alarming ...

When it comes to pharmaceutical compounding, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) knows it has a significant problem on its hands. But as Janet Woodcock, director of the Center for Drug ...

The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority, with the South African Pharmacy Council, recently announced what was described as a crackdown on a compounding pharmacy. They allege “critical ...

When you have to go on a medication, your doctor will probably prescribe a premade one that's FDA-approved. But sometimes, they may want you to go on a compounded medicine that's specifically made for ...

Compounding pharmacies don't have to disclose reports of patient harm to the FDA. Nor do they have to abide by the stringent manufacturing standards that apply to traditional drug manufacturers.

Reuters states that Novo Nordisk South Africa filed a High Court application seeking to prevent local compounding pharmacy iDexis from manufacturing, advertising, distributing and selling ...