Be fruitful and multiply … our messaging, that is

Next week is APC’s Compounders on Capitol Hill, where (as our CEO says) “scores of compounders” will converge on Washington, DC for more than 190 meetings with members of Congress. read more →
Ad campaign to spotlight compounding’s role in alleviating drug shortages

Next week, APC will launch a digital advertising campaign focused on informing members of Congress and Capitol Hill health policy staffers. read more →
APC sends follow up to CA BOP

Clarity is key, stated APC in a recent letter to CA BOP. read more →
Med school offers functional medicine certification

APC supporter and fan Dr. Pamela W. Smith has launched a new series of Personalized Medicine Certification courses. read more →
Pharmacist runs for state office in NC

Former PCAB ED Tom Murry is running for North Carolina's AG. read more →
Welcome: A Bronze CP and 31 new PFMs

A new Corporate Patron and more... read more →
It’s greatest hits week at APC

The APC team is busy getting ready for Compounders on Capitol Hill in 12 days, and we suspect you’re busy juggling work, back-to-school, and getting ready for CCH in 12 days, too. read more →
APC comments on 503B wholesaling guidance, drug shortages

APC sent out two comment letters in the last week. read more →
It’s not personal, it’s business

We need you with us on September 19-20. And so does your pharmacy. read more →

Shortage Drug Compounding and Semaglutide
For comprehensive APC statement, CLICK HERE.
For semaglutide primer for reporters, CLICK HERE.

What we're working on

We launched a 15-hour virtual CE program–The Ethical, Legal and Regulatory Foundations of Pharmacy Compounding–on August 1, 2023. Priced at $495, the program serves as entry-level training for compounding pharmacists and technicians.

We’re advocating for HR 167, legislation that would allow compounders temporarily to provide “urgent use” medications to hospitals and clinics when those drugs are in shortage. Read our recent op-ed in STAT.

We’re developing federal legislation that would:
• Eliminate the MOU and replace it with reporting by pharmacies that ship more than 50 percent of their production out of state
• Establish an adverse event reporting framework for 503A pharmacies

We sent a memo to assist state boards of pharmacy in implementing and enforcing USP <797>.

We’re still working to save compounded hormones—therapies that benefit millions of Americans–in the wake of implicit threats to restrict them. Contribute to our ‘Compounding the Joy’ campaign.

We’re pushing back against FDA’s recent back-door reclassification of DTE as a biologic.

We’re advising FDA to assure clear understanding of compliance standards and enforcement on GFI 256, regarding veterinary compounding.

We’ve released a series of member-only briefing documents to help you educate prescribers about compounding on topics such as “The Truth About Pharmacy Compounding” and “Compounding Peptides: It’s Complicated.”

With amoxicillin in shortage, our advocacy resulted in FDA issuing guidance creating a path by which 503A pharmacies can more easily compound beta lactams.

We’ve launched a portal to help our members aggregate patient-reported outcomes to demonstrate that compounded medications are benefiting millions of patients–data that will be essential in making a case for cBHT if FDA moves to restrict it.

Via our Legal Action Fund, we filed two amicus briefs last year in court cases, one defending compounders’ right to compound methylcobalamin and another addressing ambiguity in FDA’s insanitary conditions guidance.