1. Medication Errors.
- Author
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COHEN, MICHAEL R.
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MEDICATION error prevention , *DRUG approval , *INVENTORY shortages , *GLAUCOMA , *OCULAR hypertension , *OPHTHALMIC drugs , *CISPLATIN , *DRUGS , *TIMOLOL maleate , *GENERIC drugs , *PHARMACY information services , *PHARMACEUTICAL industry - Abstract
The article presents news briefs about medication errors. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the temporary importation by Qilu Pharmaceutical and its distributor Apotex of CISplatin from China to address the shortage of the drug. Also cited are the reports by some organizations of cases of mix-ups between the generic once-daily and twice-daily formulations of timolol maleate ophthalmic 0.5% solution from Bausch + Lomb.
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- 2023
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