Multi-dose vials boast advantages of reduced costs and less unused medication waste. But regulatory guidelines geared toward infection control can hinder providers from achieving such benefits.

“It is our hope that the availability of multiple vial options for Xeomin ® (incobotulinumtoxinA) may minimize dosing waste and reduce patient out-of-pocket costs,“ said Glenn Block, Vice President ...

Waste, cost, and "common sense" continue to rationalize healthcare providers' use of single-use vials of injectable medications for more than 1 patient. Following publication of Single-Use Vials: Cost ...

The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History has acquired the vial that contained the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine administered in the United States as part of its plans to document the ...

(CNN) — As the US set a new daily record for COVID-19 inoculations and states clamored for more vaccine supplies, Pfizer and the FDA said pharmacists and health practitioners can in some cases extract ...

The update of US Pharmacopeia Chapter <797> in 2008 included guidelines stating that single-dose vials (SDVs) opened and maintained in an International Organization for Standardization Class 5 ...