In the pharmaceutical industry, the correct identification and proper qualification of raw ingredients (actives and excipients), in-process materials, and final products are important tasks in quality control and quality assurance. In addition, due to increasing globalization of raw material supplies, there is significant interest in rapid means for ensuring purity and authenticity at specific ...

President elect Joe Biden has said he would rely on science, the broad distribution of vaccines, and increased mask wearing to tackle covid-19. His presidency will begin Wednesday 20 January. “Science always be at forefront my administration,” said.1 He promised 100 million vaccinations within his first days in office asked Americans wear masks federal properties during interstate travel that...

A critical question in planning a response to bioterrorism is how antibiotics and medical supplies should be stockpiled and dispensed. The objective of this work was to evaluate the costs and benefits of alternative strategies for maintaining and dispensing local and regional inventories of antibiotics and medical supplies for responses to anthrax bioterrorism. We modeled the regional and local...

Storage drug system is safe, quality, useful and affordable health supplies for the community to ensure implementation of development in order improve status as high possible. The purpose this study was determine whether storage drugs at UPT Pharmacy Installation Banjarmasin City accordance with standards Pharmaceutical Management Training Materials Regency Installations, Directorate Public Dru...

OBJECTIVE To consolidate and assess information on counterfeit medicines subject to pharmaceutical alerts issued by the Peruvian Medicines Regulatory Authority over 18 years (1997-2014) of health monitoring and enforcement. DESIGN A retrospective review of drug alerts. SETTING A search of the website of the General Directorate of Medicines, Supplies and Drugs (DIGEMID) of the Ministry of He...

An American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) workshop on stability challenges for clinical supplies and commercial distribution of drug product that are not addressed in the International Conference on Harmonization (ICH) Quality documents was held from April 3rd – 4th, 2017 in Rockville, MD. Seventeen subject matter experts (SME), from industry and the Food & Drug Administration...

OBJECTIVES Many family carers provide assistance with medicines that is vital for optimal clinical outcomes. Medicines-related tasks are known to contribute to carer burden and stress. This study examined the experiences of family carers when providing medicines-related assistance for a person with dementia, to indicate how services could become more responsive to the specific needs of this gro...

Faced with increased demands for critical care services as a result of the novel H1N1 pandemic, hospitals must prepare a surge response in an attempt to manage these needs. In preparing for a surge response, factors to consider are staff, stuff (supplies and equipment), space, and systems necessary to respond to the event. This article uses this general framework to discuss surge issues in the ...