The Food and Drug Administration March 20 issued an alert on a potentially high-risk issue with Calyxo CVAC Aspiration Systems.

This increases the risk of serious errors, especially when the drugs in short supply are high-alert medications. The HYDROmorphone shortage is a prime example. As recommended in our article on ...

Require an independent double-check that includes patient verification before dispensing selected high-alert drugs. Explain to patients why an identification process must be carried out by staff ...

Three people were hospitalised in the Wairarapa over the weekend after taking something that they thought was cocaine.

The white pills, seized in Bridgetown, N.S., contain protonitazene, a synthetic opioid that is up to 20 times stronger than fentanyl, said Rebecca Penn, a harm reduction consultant for the health ...

A rising trend of transshipment of illegal drugs through Malaysia to its intended destination is rapidly gaining traction, ...

A study, published in Cancer Cell, shows that high-grade glioma tumor cells harboring DNA alterations in the gene PDGFRA responded to the drug avapritinib, which is already approved by the United ...