compounding
Compound issues
Warning issued over compounded wind and colic products The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has issued a warning that it has received reports of serious side effects in infants given compounded …
WHO issues global warning on fake GLP-1 RAs
WHO Global Surveillance and Monitoring System observes increasing reports of “falsified semaglutide products in all geographic regions” The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a medical product alert related to …
Ozempic compounding ban no ‘knee-jerk’ reaction
Department defends recommendation to ban the compounding of semaglutide and tirepatide medications Moves to prohibit pharmacists from compounding replicas of Ozempic (semaglutide) and Mounjaro (tirepatide) were not a “knee-jerk response” …
Compounding ban ‘a significant public health concern’
Government urged to roll back its ban on compounding weight loss drugs Banning the compounding of glucagon-like peptide-2 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) medications will limit patient access to the weight loss …
Government acts on compounding concerns
Compounding exemptions for diabetes medications, Ozempic and Mounjaro, will be removed from 1 October, minister reveals Compounding pharmacies will be barred from producing replicas of Ozempic (semaglutide) and Mounjaro (tirazapetide) …
Severe reactions linked to ‘compounded’ Ozempic
Patient violently ill and vomiting blood after taking illegally compounded Ozempic from an online pharmacy Products being sold as compounded Ozempic (semaglutide) and Mounjaro (tirzepatide) are being linked to severe side …
TGA urges caution over unsolicited compounding offers
GPs are being advised to “exercise deep caution” when contacted with offers to provide compounded semaglutide Prescribers are being warned by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) not to be “duped” …
Pragmatic approach needed to Ozempic compounding concerns
TGA should crack down on “rogue pharmacists” rather than rolling out a ban on compounding Ozempic (semaglutide), an obesity expert claims Pragmatism is needed when it comes to regulating the …
Pharmacist linked to ‘substandard’ online Ozempic
Pharmacist accused of running underground compounding enterprise amid investigations into an international “substandard” Ozempic (semaglutide) scam A Sydney-based pharmacist whose registration includes conditions barring him from compounding is being linked …
Consumer group backs compounding ban
The CHF has said it ‘understands’ why the TGA is proposing a ban on pharmacists compounding Ozempic, but more must be done to boost supply Consumers Health Forum of Australia …
‘Like every service they must be used safely’
The TGA is looking at cracking down on the compounding of injectable weight loss medicines, following the concerns it expressed last year The Therapeutic Goods Administration has announced that it …
Allegedly unlawfully manufactured semaglutide seized
Authorities have swooped on a Melbourne pharmacy this week, seizing semaglutide, peptides and human growth hormones – and they’ve warned pharmacists to be careful about compounding The Therapeutic Goods Administration, …