Funding advances one internationally harmonized hazardous drug list and expanded Medicinal Hazard Data Sheets, as the 84th FIP World Congress convenes in Montréal
MONTRÉAL, QC / ACCESS Newswire / August 31, 2026 / Pharmacy Stars, BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), EQUASHIELD and EuroBioConcept have collectively made $100,000 available to launch the Medicinal Hazard Data Standardization Consortium (MHDSC), a voluntary, nonprofit global collaboration developing standardized Medicinal Hazard Data Sheets (MHDS).
The funding answers a documented gap. Hazardous drug classification remains fragmented across the NIOSH list, USP General Chapter <800>, ISOPP standards and European directives - frameworks that diverge in scope, definition and enforceability. The burden of toxicological assessment therefore falls to individual hospitals and pharmacies, few of which are resourced to evaluate newly approved agents independently. National lists also lag pharmaceutical innovation, leaving protection gaps that vary by border. Conventional safety data sheets, written for industrial handling, seldom address compounding, administration or patient waste.
"We're honored to join the three other global leaders in healthcare provider safety in providing financial support of this very important endeavor"
- Keith Streckenbach, Chief Executive Officer, Pharmacy Stars
"Protecting healthcare workers starts with knowing. The MHDSC focuses on concurrently providing information on which drugs and chemicals, handled as part of patient care, require barrier and containment controls for the healthcare providers' safety."
- Fred Massoomi, Pharm.D., BCSCP, FASHP, Administrator MHDSC
MHDSC will maintain an open, consensus-governed framework for identifying, classifying and communicating the occupational, environmental and clinical hazards of medicinal compounds across their lifecycle. All outputs are developed independently of commercial influence and made freely available.
"Patient care is better when it is interconnected, so should the approach to occupational safety for the healthcare workers providing the therapies. While drug innovation is global, fragmented systems of hazard identification and analysis leave many navigating worker safety isolated within the walls of our hospitals, clinics and pharmacies. By bringing together global expertise to look at therapies used across the globe, and making information freely available in near real time, the MHDSC is creating a shared resource to help protect healthcare workers handling medicinal hazards wherever they provide care."
- Christine Roussel, PharmD, BCOP, MHDSC Voluntary Contributor
The announcement coincides with the opening of the 84th FIP World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences in Montréal, 30 August - 2 September 2026, convened under the theme "One Health, One Pharmacy - Bridging science, practice and education." On September 1, Dr. Christine Roussel and Dr. Jackie Jaskowiak will present "Towards One Internationally Harmonized Hazardous Drug List: Bridging Science, Practice and Global Regulatory Frameworks."
MHDSC gratefully acknowledges its voluntary contributors, listed alphabetically:
Adam Castro, RPh, MBA, BCPS
John D. Daniel, PharmD, MHA, BCNP, BCSCP
Duncan X Dobbins, PharmD, MHI
Michael J. Freudiger, PharmD, APh, BCPS, BCSCP
Jackie Jaskowiak, PharmD, BCPS, BCSCP
Fred Massoomi, PharmD, BCSCP, FASHP
Melissa A. McDiarmid, MD, MPH, DABT
Melissa L Messick, PharmD, BCNSP, BCSCP
Stephen Milstead, PharmD, BCSCP
Christine Roussel, PharmD, BCOP
To learn more about the Consortium and the MHDS standard, visit https://mhdsc.org.
MEDIA CONTACT
Fred Massoomi, PharmD, BCSCP, FASHP
fmassoomi@mhdsc.org · https://mhdsc.org
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SOURCE: Pharmacy Stars
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