New & Noteworthy

December 2020

Expert Consulting Services

Xprt Micro, LLC, founded by Fran McAteer, provides clients with technical microbial expertise to solve microbiological challenges. In addition to USP compliance... Read more

Dexmedetomidine Hydrochloride Injection

Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. releases several new generics products including dexmedetomidine hydrochloride in 0.9% sodium chloride injection, a... Read more

IV Workflow Management System

The Pyxis IV Prep with BD Action Manager from BD aims to increase safety and compliance within the sterile compounding process. Pyxis IV Prep enables gravimetric-based... Read more

Drug Diversion Prevention

WasteWitness from PharmID ensures safety for health care workers and patients by closing the medication loop in less than a minute. With WasteWitness,... Read more

Nizatidine Oral Solution

Amneal Pharmaceuticals announces its nizatidine oral solution 15 mg/mL (75 mg/5 mL), a generic equivalent of Axid, available for reorder. Meeting all FDA... Read more

Updated Temperature Monitoring System Software

Rees Scientific integrates additional features to its 1021 software, increasing safety and reliability. New BACnet compatibility allows the software to... Read more

340B Claim Verification Software

Kalderos deploys its streamlined covered entity-facing platform, Review, which builds on existing claim verification software for covered entities. New... Read more

Outsourced Facility Expansion

SCA Pharma, an FDA-registered outsourcing facility, plans to expand its sterile pharmaceutical manufacturing facility by 40% as a result of continued growth... Read more

October 2020

503B GPO Agreement

Leiters announces a strategic arrangement with the group purchasing organization affiliate of Comprehensive Purchasing Alliance, LLC (CPA), to be the leading... Read more

Ready-to-Use Drugs for Ventilated Patients

Central Admixture Pharmacy Services (CAPS) has expanded its product portfolio, including two vasopressors: norepinephrine 8 mg added to 250 mL normal saline... Read more

Portable HEPA Filtration System

The Hospi-Gard IsoClean offered by Modular Cleanrooms is a portable, self-contained high efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filtration system that creates... Read more

Half-Gallon and Gallon Solution Bottles

EPS introduces an addition to its line of liquid packaging containers. The new half-gallon and gallon solution bottles, made from high density polyethylene... Read more

September 2020

PPE-Free Oral Medication Delivery

Avancen MOD Corporation has released SMA MOD (Scheduled Medication Administration Medication on Demand), a new oral medication administration technology... Read more

340B Program Optimization

The CPS 340B Solutions team can help pharmacy achieve top performance as resources continue to be strained due to the ongoing COVID-19 situation. An expert... Read more

Medication Adherence Pouch Packaging

MyMeds+ is a medication adherence pouch packaging service from Euclid Medical Products that works in conjunction with the Axial multi-dose pouch packaging... Read more

Premixed Ephedrine Vial

Nexus Pharmaceuticals has launched Emerphed, a premixed ephedrine in a ready-to-use 50 mg/10 mL vial. With no need for compounding, diluting, or mixing,... Read more

Mask Decontamination

The FDA has issued an emergency use authorization to Technical Safety Services (TSS) for the use of vaporized hydrogen peroxide (HP) to decontaminate compatible... Read more

Estradiol Valerate Injection

American Regent announces its estradiol valerate injection, USP, AO rated and therapeutically equivalent to Delestrogen. It is indicated in the treatment... Read more

Compliance Software for Multiple USP Chapters

A.R.T. (Accurate Recording Technology) USP 795/797/800 Compliance Software by Carter-Health is a web-based solution for keeping record of the numerous... Read more

Diversion Detection App

The Drug Diversion App from LogicStream Health provides efficiency gains based on automated, proprietary diversion signals. The software is designed to... Read more

Butterfly Medication Alert Labels

EPS has introduced five new colors of Direct Thermal Butterfly Labels to call attention to medications requiring special handling for syringes, ampules,... Read more

Ultra Low-Temperature Freezers

Liebherr Appliances has expanded its MediLine series with the addition of ultra-low temperature freezers (ULTs) designed specifically for medicine, focusing... Read more

Mask Decontamination Services

EuroBio Concept (EBC), a manufacturer of RABS for use in hazardous medication compounding, produces a unit that also provides an H2O2 vapor decontamination... Read more

Online Pharmacy Technician Certification

During COVID-19, the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) continues to focus on the advancement of medication safety and patient care by offering... Read more

July 2020

Multi-Colored Lid Label Covers

Medi-Dose presents five new brightly colored Lid-Label Covers to ensure proper identification of medications requiring special handling, such as those... Read more

Nicardipine Hydrochloride Injection

American Regent announces the FDA-approved, USP standard nicardipine hydrochloride injection. A calcium channel blocker indicated for the short-term treatment... Read more

Desmopressin Acetate Injection

Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories launches desmopressin acetate injection USP, 4 mcg/mL single-dose ampules, a therapeutic equivalent generic version of DDAVP... Read more

Label Printer

The Vantage Label Printer from Euclid Medical Products aims to help maximize pharmacist efficiency and patient wellness. Enabling quick, reliable printing,... Read more

Disinfectant Spray Bottles and Wipes

Contec is increasing production of its Sporicidin disinfectant, collaborating with Milliken & Company to help produce increased quantities currently... Read more

June 2020

Infusion Pumps with Nebulizers (COVID-19 Treatment)

B. Braun announces the FDA emergency use authorization of the Perfusor Space Syringe Infusion Pump, Infusomat Space Volumetric Infusion Pump, and Outlook... Read more

Liquid Unit Dose Packaging Machine

The Atomic Liquid Unit Dose packaging machine from Euclid Medical Products aims to help pharmacy manage inventory and fill prescriptions efficiently. The... Read more

Ready-to-Use, Premixed Ephedrine

Nexus Pharmaceuticals has received US FDA approval for its patent-pending new drug application Emerphed, premixed ephedrine in a ready-to-use 50 mg/10... Read more

Biological Safety Cabinet

The LabGard NU-543 from NuAire is a Class II, Type A2 biosafety cabinet benchtop unit, with an optional telescoping/auto-rising base stand. Meeting USP... Read more

Telepharmacy Services

In an effort to alleviate the burden pharmacists may be facing in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Comprehensive Pharmacy Services (CPS) telepharmacy... Read more

Temperature and Humidity Alarm System

Hampshire Controls presents the MPS-HT Series Temperature and Humidity Alarm System, which monitors, alarms, and notifies users based on condition data... Read more

May 2020

Drug Shortage Solutions

Leiters, an FDA-registered 503B outsourcing provider of compounded sterile preparations, continues to closely monitor the evolving COVID-19 situation and... Read more

Quality Accreditation Awarded

Rees Scientific has achieved the ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accreditation. To gain this status, Rees Scientific underwent a detailed assessment of its quality... Read more

Tamper Evident Cap with Male Luer Lock

IMI has expanded its Prep-Lock product family to include a tamper-evident cap featuring a male Luer lock, which provides a secure closure to devices that... Read more

Generic Ziprasidone Mesylate for Injection

Dr. Reddy’s introduces generic ziprasidone mesylate for injection (compare to Pfizer’s Geodon). This treatment for patients with schizophrenia... Read more

Sotalol Hydrochloride Injection

Sotalol hydrochloride injection 15 mg/mL for intravenous administration (IV sotalol) from AltaThera Pharmaceuticals is a parenteral formulation of the... Read more

HD Spill Mats

Pharma-Chemo Mats from Acute Care Pharmaceuticals are designed for use in the cleanroom, barrier isolator, or glove box during hazardous drug compounding.... Read more

Compounding Quality Coalition

QuVa Pharma has joined the Compounding Quality Coalition, a group comprising the Association for Accessible Medicines (AAM), the PEW Charitable Trusts,... Read more

Senna Syrup Unit-Dose Cups

Safecor Health announces the availability of Senna Syrup 8.8 mg/5 mL unit-dose cups. With brown color-coded labels, pharmacy can differentiate from other... Read more

Temperature Monitoring Dashboard

E-Control Systems announces the latest version of FusionLive IoT Platform, including a fully integrated, newly designed dashboard created with input from... Read more

Personalized Drug Dosing for Vancomycin

Tabula Rasa Healthcare has partnered with VigiLanz to integrate DoseMeRx inside the VigiLanz clinical surveillance platform. DoseMeRx provides the ability... Read more

April 2020

Resealable Hazardous Drug Bags

Medi-Dose announces an expanded line of resealable hazardous drug bags, designed to clearly identify medications requiring special handling. The bags feature... Read more

Medication Delivery Tracking

QS/1 presents new interfaces for its SystemOne and Point-of-Sale software for outpatient pharmacies offering delivery. These platforms can connect to Integra’s... Read more

IV Compounding Service

Omnicell announces the expansion of its IV compounding service, an alternative to outsourcing. The service comprises updated technology, clinical expertise,... Read more

Drug Shortage App

The Drug Shortage App from LogicStream Health, which actively monitors drug shortage data points, compiles data from external sources and from its community... Read more

Automated Syringe Labeling

Medical Packaging Inc presents the Auto-Wrap Syringe Labeling System, which helps to automate the process of labeling syringes. As a semi-automatic solution,... Read more

Tamper-Evident Additive Port Cap

International Medical Industries, Inc (IMI) presents a new item in its line of Prep-Lock tamper evident products. The Additive Port Cap offers protection... Read more

Liquid Particle Counter and Software

The APSS-2000 Liquid Particle Counter from Particle Measuring Systems sizes and counts suspended particulate matter in a wide range of liquids, including... Read more

Primary Engineering Controls

The Baker Company provides primary engineering controls for the cleanroom setting. These systems support IV workflow management systems integrated into... Read more

Medication Dispensing and Software

The medDispense series from TouchPoint Medical offers a wide range of interchangeable medication dispensing hardware with one software platform. Any combination... Read more

Outsourced Compounding Expansion

Leiters announces an expansion to its cGMP outsourcing facility in Denver, Colorado. Phase 2 of capacity expansion includes adding 10,000 square feet of... Read more

Environmental Monitoring Sensor

A combination temperature, humidity, and CO2 sensor is available to measure and provide real-time values to any Sensaphone monitoring device that accepts... Read more

Unit- and Multi-Dose Packaging Machines

Euclid Medical Products introduces Axial, a network of two next generation adherence pouch packaging machines that allow pharmacies to provide patients... Read more

HVAC Good Practice Guide

The International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) offers the ISPE Good Practice Guide: HVAC & Process Equipment Air Filters. The guide... Read more

March 2020

Immunoglobulin Treatment

Grifols presents XEMBIFY (immune globulin subcutaneous human-klhw), a 20% subcutaneous immunoglobulin (IG) for the treatment of primary immunodeficiency... Read more

Temperature Data Logger

The InTemp CX402-VFC data logger from Onset monitors temperatures in refrigerators, freezers, and other temperature-controlled environments. Designed to... Read more

Sterile Gowns for HD Compounding

ISO-MED’s Sterile Cleanroom Gown is disposable and composed of anti-static material designed to meet USP <800> requirements. It offers level... Read more

Antimicrobial Stewardship Analytics

The Clinical Advisor functionality has been added to BD’s HealthSight system. This connected medication management platform aggregates disparate... Read more

Anesthesia System Integration

IntelliGuard announces the integration of its IntelliGuard Anesthesia solution with Epic to improve hospital workflows. By integrating the RFID medication... Read more

Temperature Monitoring System

Rees Scientific launches its Resistance Temperature Detector (RTD) sensor with WiFi. The sensors are equipped with a high accuracy, wide range probe so... Read more

HEPA Filter Validation

Performance Assurance Systems offers its PASport System, a closed loop, plug-and-play system designed to increase the accuracy of HEPA filter validation... Read more

Drug Shortage Management Platform

OrbitalRX provides a drug shortage management platform. Created by pharmacists, the platform supplies intuitive, easy-to-use workflows to address the time-consuming... Read more

Bar Coding System

Codonics presents its Safe Label System (SLS), FDA Class II, which uses bar code technology to increase safety, ensure compliance with Joint Commission... Read more

Wireless Temperature Monitoring

Emanate’s PowerPath Temp aims to eliminate the expensive loss of pharmaceutical inventory resulting from spoilage. By monitoring both the temperature... Read more

Customizable PPE Kits

Halyard introduces additions to its Chemo Gear line of personal protective equipment (PPE). The kits, which are designed for spills and administration,... Read more

February 2020

Automated IV Compounding System

ARxIUM announces that its RIVA automated IV compounding systems have accurately and safely prepared more than 10 million IV doses in acute care hospitals,... Read more

Auxiliary Labels

Medi-Dose, Inc / EPS, Inc introduces its expanded line of auxiliary labels for neuromuscular blocking agents, which are intended to help pharmacists comply... Read more

Diversion Prevention Software Partnership

Kit Check and Omnicell have partnered to offer Bluesight for Controlled Substances diversion prevention software, which helps increase visibility of controlled... Read more

Automated Medication Dispensing Line

TouchPoint Medical has expanded its automated medication dispensing line with the next generation medDispense series. The new line delivers dispensing... Read more

Surface Viable Sampling Kits

Technical Safety Services (TSS) offers do-it-yourself surface viable sampling kits, in addition to other custom-tailored solutions to the anticipated changes... Read more

Automated Compounding Device

The KIRO Fill automated compounding device for syringe batching of nonhazardous IV medications has been added to Grifols’ Inclusiv compounding portfolio.... Read more

Continuous Environmental Monitoring System

Rees Scientific’s Continuous Environmental Monitoring System monitors critical assets with parameters including temperature, humidity, and differential... Read more

503B Compounding Agreement

Leiters and Prodigy Health announce that they have entered into a national sales and marketing agreement. Through this strategic partnership, Prodigy Health... Read more

Online Service and Support Center

BD launches its newly redesigned online service and support center for BD technologies. Featuring a refreshed design, the center provides quick access... Read more

Ingestible Event Marker

etectRX announces FDA clearance of the ID-Cap System, an ingestible event marker that transmits digital messages from within the body to an external receiver... Read more

70% IPA and Purified Water

Decon Labs offers a range of products to help achieve USP <797> compliance. CiDehol ST contains sterile, 70% isopropyl alcohol and is made with WFI... Read more

Bedside Delivery System

Emporos releases At Your Side 1.0, a pharmacy bedside delivery system. At Your Side is a mobile solution that operates as an additional POS fully integrated... Read more