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FDA Removes Eli Lilly’s Mounjaro and Zepbound from Shortage List Sparking Lawsuit from Compounders

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While good news for users, the FDA decision sparked a heated response from the compounding pharmacy sector, which has filed a lawsuit against the agency claiming its actions were arbitrary and unlawful. During this time, compounding pharmacies were permitted to produce lower-cost versions of the injectable medications.

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Hitting Pause on Criticism of the FDA, Just for Today

Pharmacy Checkers

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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FDA Flexibilities, Collaboration to Yield Millions of Bottles of Specialized Medical Infant Formula in Coming Months to Increase U.S. Supply

The Pharma Data

It is our goal to ensure that hospitals, specialty pharmacies, and retail store shelves will begin seeing adequate supplies again in the coming weeks.”. On Tuesday, the FDA announced that it informed Kendal Nutricare that the agency is exercising enforcement discretion for the importation of certain infant formula under the Kendamil brand.

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Biosimilars vs. Interchangeable Biological Products: FDA Fact Check

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Like generic forms of synthetic pharmaceuticals, biosimilars have the advantage of being less costly compared to their branded counterparts. As a subset of biosimilars, interchangeable biological products can be substituted for the reference product at the pharmacy level, without the input of the prescribing physician.

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The Medical Metaverse Digest for June 30

Intouch Solutions

47% of those had made in-game purchases, and 37% had purchased virtual cosmetic items. CVS aims to be first pharmacy in the metaverse (Pymnts.com) – CVS has filed a patent to sell goods and provide healthcare services in the virtual world. And 79% of their 3,000 survey respondents said that they had already – not someday!

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Medical Science Liaison Jobs: Everything You Need to Know

XTalks

Some may even extend their expertise to consumer goods sectors, including cosmetic brands. Educational Requirements and Recommendations Typically, individuals in these roles are either medical doctors (MDs), pharmacists with a doctor of pharmacy degree (PharmD) or hold doctorates of philosophy (PhDs).

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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: New Legislation Would Reform the ANDA Suitability Petition Process and Require Timely Assignment of 505(b)(2) NDA Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluation Codes (“the Good”)

FDA Law Blog

According to the press release on the bill: The Simplifying the Generic Drug Application Process Act repeals section 505(j)(2)(C) of the Food Drug and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) so that sponsors can submit generic drug applications (ANDAs) without the need for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to first grant a suitability petition.