Julian Gill
Medical Reporter at Houston Chronicle
Medical reporter @houstonchron. Writing. Running. Music. SA Spurs. News tips? [email protected]
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2 weeks ago |
houstonchronicle.com | Julian Gill
Shaun Noorian, founder and CEO of Empower Pharmacy, stands in his facility on Wednesday, May 8, 2019, in Houston. Marie D. De Jesús/Staff photographerThe Houston-based Empower Pharmacy is seeking to dismiss a lawsuit that targets its ability to sell popular diabetes and weight loss medications known as GLP-1s, arguing this week in federal court that it's allowed to sell modified versions prescribed by physicians.
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1 month ago |
houstonchronicle.com | Julian Gill
Empower Pharmacy, a Houston-based compounding pharmacy, has voluntarily recalled more than 8,000 vials of testosterone injections over quality concerns, according to Food and Drug Administration records posted this week. Testosterone is generally used to treat men whose bodies don't make enough natural testosterone. The specific medication at issue in the recall — testosterone cypionate — lasts longer in the body than other forms of the medication.
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1 month ago |
houstonchronicle.com | Julian Gill
Baylor College of Medicine is ending a 25-year partnership with a nonprofit that provides medical care for Houston’s homeless population, after weeks of tense exchanges between the two sides over the organization’s unpaid debts that left healthcare services for 6,500 clients hanging in the balance.
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1 month ago |
houstonchronicle.com | Julian Gill
Empower Pharmacy, a Houston-based compounding pharmacy, has attracted media attention over the last decade for its rapid expansion in the region, with the company opening two large facilities that would allow it to produce thousands of medications for patients nationwide.
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1 month ago |
houstonchronicle.com | Julian Gill
Empower Pharmacy markets itself as a well-meaning rival to Big Pharma — one that seeks to democratize medicine by making affordable, personalized drugs for patients who need them. As one of an estimated 7,500 compounding pharmacies in the United States, Empower says it supplies millions of patients with alternate versions of sometimes pricey medications, including popular diabetes and weight loss drugs sold under the brand names Mounjaro and Zepbound.
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NEW: Last week we published a story about 10yrs of regulatory lapses at Houston's Empower Pharmacy, including its use of low quality ingredients. Today we learned that the pharmacy recalled 8K vials of testosterone over quality concerns. https://t.co/UzPdA9WHlv via @houstonchron
NEW: Baylor College of Medicine to end partnership with homeless nonprofit serving 6,500 patients https://t.co/iqR12bfr0x via @houstonchron
Ambassadorship prompts Tilman Fertitta to resign from UH System board after 16 years https://t.co/3XsEDWuv70 via @sam_kett