FDA Strengthens Compounding Safety with Cesium Ban And Research Collaboration
Executive Summary
FDA has taken additional steps to make drug compounding safer for patients, including a ban on cesium chloride because of “significant safety risks” it poses and a pair of university research collaborations to help further develop a list of bulk drug ingredients that can be safely compounded.
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