Unlike conventional pharmacies, which mostly dispense premade drugs in standard doses, compounding pharmacies make, or "compound," medications on the premises, according to federal guidelines. For ...

Meeting patient needs and achieving high quality are common goals for all stakeholders. It is frequently said that there are several sides to every story, especially when the story results in strongly ...

Legislative sessions are underway in most states, and some have introduced novel legislation to regulate compounded ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Wayne Winegarden covers the economic impacts of regulatory policies The new class of GLP-1 medicines exemplifies both the ...

When a medication doesn’t exist in the right dose, form or formulation, patients are left with few options – a challenge in rural areas like La Plata County. That gap is filled by compounding ...

If you’ve received medication through popular telemedicine companies like Hims & Hers Health, you’re probably familiar with drug compounding. That’s the process of creating customized medicine for a ...

When you have to go on a medication, your doctor will probably prescribe a premade one that's FDA-approved. But sometimes, they may want you to go on a compounded medicine that's specifically made for ...

News of a recent meningitis outbreak has sent many Americans into panic mode. As of Thursday afternoon, 170 people in 11 states had become sick with the noncontagious fungal meningitis; 14 of those ...