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• PCAC to discuss 503A bulks list substances

  FDA’s Pharmacy Compounding Advisory Committee has announced that it will hold two meetings (!) between now and year-end to consider recommending several bulk drug substances to the 503A Bulks List.  read more →

• Next APC regional meeting: Seattle

  The latest of APC’s new regional meetings — CompoundED UpDATE — is coming to the Seattle area October 3. read more →

• Don’t skip EduCon’s final (fantastic) session(s)

  The final session of this year’s EduCon is coming up in just a few weeks, and it’s a special double helping of legal goodness. read more →

• Welcome, new PFMs!

  We’ve added 31 Pharmacy-Facility Members since February! read more →

• Let’s talk about that Lilly announcement

  There’s been plenty of coverage of Eli Lilly’s announcement this week that it will sell vials of Zepbound directly to consumers at a discount. But the company seems to have left out a few important caveats. read more →

• Our response to the op-ed in The Hill

  The Hill published an editorial by Dr. Kenneth McCall titled “Fake, unsafe weight-loss drugs are a worsening public health dilemma” in which he makes unfounded claims about pharmacy compounding. Here’s the response from our CEO. read more →

• The shortage ends … then what? (Find out at CCH) 

  We’ve added a new session to the Compounders on Capitol Hill lineup. Don’t miss the discussion of what’s on many a compounder’s (and regulators’ … and reporters’...) mind. read more →

• A new bronze corporate patron

  A big welcome to Ro, APC’s newest tier-level corporate patron! read more →

More News

If you precept pharmacy students, we’ve got an offer for you — one we think will be attractive to students with an interest in compounding. Would you mind sharing this communication with the leaders of any student chapters of national associations?

Part of APC’s mission is to provide information and training to pharmacy students who want to learn more about compounding, particularly the policy issues facing the profession.

Here’s the offer: If your school of pharmacy has (or recruits) 20 or more student pharmacists as APC student members, we’ll provide an hour-long lunchtime education opportunity via Zoom on any of the following topics:

• An introduction to the business of pharmacy compounding
• A briefing on public policy issues impacting pharmacy compounding and compounding pharmacists
• A Q&A with compounding pharmacist leaders on career opportunities in compounding

Our APC student membership dues are only $5 a year, and joining is easy: Just go to A4PC.org/join.

Consider this offer and please pass it along to the proper student leaders. And if you or your student chapters wish to schedule one of these Zoom sessions, please contact our membership director, Drew Floyd, at drew@a4pc.org. (And if there is any other way APC can be helpful to you, please let us know.)