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AvKARE Recall: Erectile Dysfunction Drug and Antidepressant Mistakenly Packaged Together

XTalks

AvKARE, a generics pharmaceutical manufacturer based in Pulaski, Tennessee, has issued a recall on one lot each of its sildenafil 100 mg tablets and trazodone 100 mg tablets due to a packaging “mix-up” in which both drugs were filled into the same bottle. According to AvKARE, the error occurred at a third-party bottle filling facility.

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Small molecule API: Shining a spotlight on new innovations in milling

Pharmaceutical Technology

Evidence suggests that API manufacturing is gaining in complexity, as well as sophistication, and therefore adding to the risk profile of drug development. The ingredients used in these drugs are high potency, even at small doses, and pose a risk to both human health and cross-contamination with other drugs in a manufacturing environment.

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A winning combination: The benefits of micronization and containment in a single installation

Pharmaceutical Technology

Containment challenges and opportunities High containment facilities guard against exposure to extremely potent products and cross-contamination. GlobalData’s Contract Small Molecule API Manufacturing Industry by the Numbers (2021) analyzed 2,787 small molecule API contract manufacturing facilities.

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AvKARE Recall: Erectile Dysfunction Drug and Antidepressant Mistakenly Packaged Together

XTalks

AvKARE, a generics pharmaceutical manufacturer based in Pulaski, Tennessee, has issued a recall on one lot each of its sildenafil 100 mg tablets and trazodone 100 mg tablets due to a packaging “mix-up” in which both drugs were filled into the same bottle. According to AvKARE, the error occurred at a third-party bottle filling facility.

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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. Far from it.

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Zovirax Cream for cold sores | Aciclovir (acyclovir) cream

Druggist

Zovirax cream for cold sores can be purchased over the counter from pharmacies and supermarkets. It can be purchased from any retail outlets, including supermarkets and pharmacies. Several ‘generic’ aciclovir creams for cold sores can be purchased from pharmacies and supermarkets. Cold sore can affect children and adults.

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

pharmaphorum

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.