Patients have been buying compounded weight loss drugs at lower prices than brand-name medications amid shortages of tirzepatide and semaglutide. (Getty Images) Compounding pharmacies will have to ...

FILE - Donna Cooper holds up a dosage of Wegovy, a drug used for weight loss, at her home in Front Royal, Va., on Friday, March 1, 2024. "To me, it's a help, it's an aid," says Cooper, 62, who lost ...

When Makena, a drug designed to prevent preterm births, hit the market in 2011 at $1,500 per dose, it drew rife backlash. The drug was based on an active ingredient that had been available for many ...

New compounding pharmacy legislation is about to become law, but will it help? Nov. 18 2013— -- Most Americans had never heard of compounding pharmacies until the now-shuttered New England ...

The growing meningitis outbreak, which has be linked to spiral injections for back pain, has shed light on improper regulation of a certain kind of drug production – one that has had a distressing ...

Ozempic and Wegovy manufacturer announced it will take legal action against facilities illegally compounding the drugs amid persistent shortages, which have left some patients without medication.

While going through menopause, Marcia Sticka developed miserable hot flashes and night sweats, dry skin, a short temper, and an uncharacteristic lack of energy. No more: Every day for the past 3 years ...

Another compounding pharmacy is involved in a nationwide recall of its medicines after reports allege patients have gotten sick after taking their products. Specialty Compounding, LLC of Cedar Park, ...

Specialized, drug-producing pharmacies like the one implicated in the nation's ongoing meningitis outbreak have been tied to a string of fatal infections and overdoses stretching back more than a ...