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Drugs & FDA
Two Factories Make the Starter IV Nutrition America's Preemies Live On. Both Are Closing, and the Backup Plan Has Killed Babies Before.
The predominant source of starter IV nutrition for premature newborns is two outsourcing facilities, and both are permanently closing. The FDA's fix: let hospital pharmacies mix it themselves for 180 days, sending the most unforgiving product in medicine back into the loosely regulated compounding t
InvestigationsOne Irish Plant Releases Both of Sanofi's Pompe Enzymes. In June, the FDA Called Its Drugs 'Adulterated.'
One Irish plant runs the final release for both of Sanofi's lifelong Pompe enzymes. It just failed an FDA inspection on that exact step, and now the company says the fix could take months while patients confirm their next shipments.