In late September, the American College of Obstetricians and Gyne-cologists (ACOG) published an update to its position on OTC hor-monal contraceptives.
Loren Bonner
Last August, FDA approved pretomanid, a new antibiotic used in com-bination with bedaquiline (Sirturo—Janssen) and linezolid for treat-ment of patients with multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB).
Aina Abell
Longstanding lack of standardization for iron product labeling has led to frequent dispensing and administration errors.
Institute for Safe Medication Practices, Horsham, PA
Proposed revisions to USP General Chapters <795> and <797>, which establish standards for nonsterile and sterile compounding, respectively, raised the ire of compounding pharmacists because of their stringent rules around beyond-use dates (BUDs).
Rachel Balick
What happens when a network of pain clinics in a town closes and 20,000 chronic pain patients are scrambling for care? In upstate South Carolina this year, when most of the pain clinics in the area shuttered their doors, providers came together to help.