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- 1South Africa revises rules on customised weight-loss drugs▼South Africa revises rules around customisation of weight-loss drugs
South African regulators have revised the rules governing how weight-loss drugs may be customised, according to a Reuters report. The change affects compounding and adaptation of obesity medications in the country. Details of the specific measures and their implications for patients and pharmacies were not provided in the available coverage.
- 2Baghdad pharmacists explain how IV parenteral nutrition works▼Inside the IV bag: pharmacists reveal how parenteral nutrition really works in Baghdad hospitals
Pharmacists in Baghdad hospitals are giving an inside look at how parenteral nutrition is prepared and delivered through IV bags to patients who cannot eat normally. They describe the careful compounding, sterile handling and dosing decisions behind feeding critically ill patients intravenously, shedding light on a little-known part of hospital pharmacy practice in Iraq.
- 3Guidance Outlines Three Steps for IV Workflow System Implementation▼IV Workflow Management Systems - 3 Implementation Steps
Health-system pharmacy professionals are being pointed to new guidance on implementing IV workflow management systems, laid out in three steps. The piece focuses on how specialty and hospital pharmacies can adopt the technology to standardize sterile compounding, reduce medication errors, and improve documentation, offering a practical roadmap for pharmacies considering or beginning deployment of such systems.
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Pharmacy Times reports on efforts to train pharmacists for the growing field of psychedelic medicine, as compounds like psilocybin and MDMA move closer to clinical use. The discussion centres on how pharmacy education and practice must adapt if these therapies receive regulatory approval and reach patients through ordinary channels of care.
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A US judge has barred the production of copies of Eli Lilly's weight-loss drug, blocking compounded or generic-style replicas of the popular medication. The ruling protects the company's exclusive rights to its blockbuster treatment. The decision is being closely watched as courts and regulators weigh access to weight-loss drugs amid huge demand and ongoing disputes between drugmakers and compounding pharmacies over who can make cheaper versions.
- 6U.S. Pharmacy Closures Are Deepening Health Inequities▼The Watch: U.S. Pharmacy Closures Are Deepening Inequities
A new report warns that the wave of pharmacy closures across the United States is widening health inequities. As drugstores shut down, disproportionately in lower-income and rural communities, residents lose convenient access to prescriptions, vaccinations and basic health advice, forcing longer trips and raising the risk of patients skipping medications. Commenters are highlighting how the closures compound existing gaps in care.
- 7Alabama Supreme Court rules against pharmacy owner in belladonna poisoning case●Alabama Supreme Court rules against pharmacy owner after woman gets belladonna poisoning from ‘pink cocktail’
The Alabama Supreme Court has ruled against a pharmacy owner in a case involving a woman who suffered belladonna poisoning after being given a 'pink cocktail' prepared at a pharmacy. The ruling allows the woman's claims over the dangerous mixture to move forward against the owner. Details of the court's reasoning and any damages have not been widely reported yet.