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A Spoonful of Sugar

Adele Graham-King, Blogger, 17/05/13 Comment now

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When I was young, we were given our polio vaccine on a sugar cube. We were given medicines full of sugar, we held our noses to take nasty suspensions, and we were regularly pinned down by our parents to ensure that we took the horrid ...

Latest comment @s1234macdougall I agree that the pharmacist should be responsible for tailored individual dispensing and can give assistance in...

Slideshow: The Rogues Gallery of Pharmaceutical Counterfeiting

Agnes Shanley, Editor-in-Chief, 08/05/13 Comment now

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In a discussion on this site on the topic of tracking and tracing, a question came up: Aren't counterfeit pharmaceuticals mainly a problem for developing nations and mainly an online problem in the US?

Latest comment The lack of information to monitor within supply chain is a challenge. Testing approaches and updating packaging to adhere to supply...

Pharma Evolution Case Files 3

Agnes Shanley, Editor-in-Chief, 06/05/13 Comment now

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Who is advancing a smarter approach to pharma, and who isn't? Here's a look at those who have spurred positive change, and those who haven't. Please send us updates on positive efforts and results you are seeing within your company and ...

Latest comment This week, inPharmaTechnologist reported, Canada has agreed to beef up its cGMP's and to extend them to APIs.

Will US Senate Track & Trace Proposal Really Protect the Supply Chain?

Ed Silverman, Blogger, Pharmalot, 03/05/13 Comment now

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Thanks to the persistent shortage of prescription drugs and the ensuing spate of counterfeit medications, the US Congress is finally moving forward with plans for legislation designed to strengthen the supply chain. Not surprisingly, ...

Latest comment I think it's interesting that Pharma can't seem to move quickly enough on deciding, as a whole, how to implement a trace and track...

California's E-Pedigree Requirements Could Have Global Impact

Douglas Stockdale, International Life Science Industry Consultant, 11/04/13 Comment now

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California's E-Pedigree law, unless otherwise challenged, could have global impact. The law takes effect on January 1, 2015, at which point any prescription drug sold in the state must comply. Now, California's population, over 38 ...

Latest comment The fifth largest economy in the world continues to do so much to help improve our planet. Fuel efficient cars would probably...

And We'll Name the Baby... Apotex? Using Technology to Prevent Packaging Errors

Emil W. Ciurczak, Principal, DoraMaxx Consulting, 11/04/13 Comment now

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Emil W. Ciurczak

Another month, another birth control pill recall, this time for Apotex in Canada. What a perfect time for this post.

Latest comment The profit margins in Pharma are so great that a few lawsuits are merely annoying (and tax-deductible). As long as the CEOs are not...

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Adele Graham-King

Adele Graham-King 5/18/2013 3:28:10 AM
A Spoonful of Sugar
Re: dosage vs dispensing :
@s1234macdougall I agree that the pharmacist should be responsible for tailored individual dispensing and can give assistance in administration, but the care giver must be armed with the information and training to competently and safely deliver medication (be that clinically...

Adele Graham-King

Adele Graham-King 5/18/2013 3:17:53 AM
A Spoonful of Sugar
Re: Drug delivery for children:
Agnes - I completely agree and I'm known to rant about this with regularity! The unpredictability of behaviour which always alters with the presentation of pink liquid makes it extremely difficult, and that's just the active ingredient, never mind the method of delivery. And, as...

s1234macdougall

s1234macdougall 5/17/2013 7:06:19 PM
A Spoonful of Sugar
dosage vs dispensing :
Don't leave it up to the care giver to administer dosage. The pharmacist should dispense on an individual basis

Agnes Shanley

Agnes Shanley 5/17/2013 2:54:49 PM
A Spoonful of Sugar
Drug delivery for children:
Developing delivery systems that will ensure compliance and the correct dosage for children is not as easy as it might seem, as the formulation case study for dysphagia showed. Then there is the entirely separate subject of flavor masking (ideally, not with tons of sugar). This...

Kerstin Carson

Kerstin Carson 5/17/2013 2:24:32 AM
Single-Use Equipment Standardization: When Will Users Join the Debate?
Key Stakeholders Making Their Voices Heard:
Single-use standardization debate without key stakeholders - customers and biopharmaceutical manufacturers - doesn't make sense. But if vendors are making a profit only doing what they want instead of meeting the needs of a particular demand, then they're not going to beg for customers...

Kerstin Carson

Kerstin Carson 5/17/2013 2:17:35 AM
Will US Senate Track & Trace Proposal Really Protect the Supply Chain?
Re: Track and trace:
I think it's interesting that Pharma can't seem to move quickly enough on deciding, as a whole, how to implement a trace and track system that everyone will be happy with; doing so will only help their money grow by keeping bogus drugmakers out of the picture. Is it that the industry...

Agnes Shanley

Agnes Shanley 5/15/2013 2:16:25 PM
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Re: Dead end in Canada too?:
This week, inPharmaTechnologist reported, Canada has agreed to beef up its cGMP's and to extend them to APIs.

mdmconsult

mdmconsult 5/14/2013 3:34:38 PM
Single-Use Equipment Standardization: When Will Users Join the Debate?
Re: Overburdening the industry:
@netterjr We should also look out at development for standards. Growth and demand for devices or products can slow standardized approaches. As we look at adoption growth, increasing budgets will impact outlook.

mdmconsult

mdmconsult 5/14/2013 1:44:05 PM
Will Europe's Drive for Clinical Transparency Stifle Innovation?
Re: Lessons in Transparency from GSK:
Glaxo-SmithKline is making good efforts to ensure researchers information with the company's site and handling transparency. Also its R&D expenditures are beginning to embrace a new approach. Pressure with success in pharmaceutical companies won't be completely forthright about...

mdmconsult

mdmconsult 5/14/2013 1:38:35 PM
Will US Senate Track & Trace Proposal Really Protect the Supply Chain?
Re: anti counterfeiting spread:
Would require to be as innovative as possible to eliminate it. There are two sides to the challenge from addressing business process issues to the innovation of technologies. The risk is really high in such countries, organised crime is a threat globally and to individual's...

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