Compounding News for January 27, 2012
Lawmaker to introduce bill allowing sale of medical marijuana
From Las Vegas Sun
His bill would allow “compounding pharmacies,” to distribute marijuana based upon prescriptions written by physicians. It wouldn’t be a one-joint-fits-all model, but would be specialized so if a doctor thinks someone needs a smaller or larger amount of THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, the ph ...(read more)
‘Future Pharmacists Program’ Debuts at Long Island University
From Brooklyn Daily Eagle
The Arnold & Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences at Long Island University’s Brooklyn Campus and the Campus’s Liberty Partnership Program debuted a “Future Pharmacists Program” this summer. ...(read more)
The changing role of pharmacists in society
From Springfield News-Sun
By the time William Whitacre founded his Springfield pharmacy in 1910, it happened less frequently. But in a nod to the old days of so-called heroic medicine, he kept on hand and likely made for human consumption compounds including oil of hemlock and mercury bichloride, the latter of which could ca ...(read more)
RFID partnership aims to tackle medicine counterfeiting in Africa
From Securingpharma.com/
Radiofrequency identification (RFID) has yet to claim more than a toehold even in established pharmaceutical markets, but a partnership of technology companies is planning to make it part of the everyday supply chain in Africa. ...(read more)

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