Swedish hospitals increasingly rely on custom-made children's medicines

A Swedish university hospital doubled its use of extemporaneous drug preparations—custom-mixed medications made on-site—for pediatric patients over a decade. The shift raises questions about quality control, cost, and whether regulatory frameworks can keep pace with hospitals' growing reliance on non-standard pharmaceutical products.

Originaltitel: Frequency of paediatric patients administered extemporaneous preparations at a Swedish university hospital: a registry-based study comparing two study-years, 10 years apart