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• “Simply not a rational approach to regulating an industry”

  This week APC offered its final (and pointed) suggestions to the California Board of Pharmacy on their proposed significant – and we would say unjustified – changes to their compounding regulations. read more →

• Compounding vs. counterfeit — ABC News gets it

  When ABC News wanted to do a story on compounded GLP-1s, it turned to APC. Of course. read more →

• No no, Novo!

  Novo Nordisk asked the FDA to put semaglutide on the Demonstrably Difficult to Compound (DDC) list, and now APC has formally responded, pulling exactly zero punches. read more →

• About that Diabetes Association statement …

  The American Diabetes Association gets a good portion of its funding from pharmaceutical companies, including Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk. read more →

• Foundation welcomes 2025 board members

  Congratulations to the newest members of the Pharmacy Compounding Foundation Board of Directors read more →

• End Drug Shortages Act intro’d in Congress

  The legislation would expand the sources the FDA may use to declare drug shortages. read more →

• FDA tirzepatide ‘reconsideration’ period extended

  FDA agreed to extend until December 19 a final report on tirzepatide availability to the court.  read more →

• NPR hits the GLP-1 nail on the head

  A National Public Radio piece this week tackled the issue of compounded GLP-1 drugs and got the facts and nuance just right. read more →

More News

Congratulations to the newest members of the Pharmacy Compounding Foundation Board of Directors, who will take office in January, 2025: Vinnie Dam, PharmD of MixLab in Kemah, TX, and David Martinez, CPhT of Specialty Veterinary Pharmacy, Sugarland, TX. And also to Robert Nickell, RPh, of Nubratori Rx in Torrance, CA, who was reappointed to the board.

And thus the complete 2025 board:

• Jennifer Burch, PharmD, RPh, FAPC, CDE, president; Central Compounding, Raleigh, NC
• Michael Blaire, RPh, FAPC, president-elect; Wedgewood Pharmacy, Scottsdale, AZ
• Lloyd Levidow, Treasurer; Scottsdale, AZ
• Lisa Everett Andersen, RPh, FACA, FAPC, CCN; O’Brien Pharmacy, Mission, KS
• Melinda Browning, CPhT, FAPC; Civic Center Pharmacy, Mesa, AZ
• Vinnie Dam, PharmD; MixLab, Kemah, TX 
• Greg Lake; Hideout, UT
• David Martinez, CPhT; Specialty Veterinary Pharmacy, Sugarland, TX 
• Robert Nickell, RPh, Nubratori Rx; Torrance, CA
• Gina Besteman, RPh, FAPC, APC chair; Belmar Pharma Solutions, Madison, WI