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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

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 focused on hand-holding prescribers and wiggle-room (or not) in USP 795.

• Part I: Law: Helping Prescribers Navigate Compounding’s Regulatory Environment

• Part II: Patient Safety: What 795 Doesn’t Talk About

Together they’re on September 23 from 6:00 – 8:00 pm EDT, taught by Matt Martin, PharmD, BCSCP of PCCA, and both are sponsored by the Pharmacy Compounding Foundation. 

Great news for certified techs: These qualify as your annual required Law and Patient Safety CE hours!

Would you like to know more?

Part I: Sometimes prescribers need a bit of hand-holding when it comes to working with a compounding pharmacy. There is … let’s call it an “intricate regulatory landscape” to deal with, and they’ll need your help. This session will teach you to guide them through the regulatory maze toward the metaphorical cheese of a productive (and, dare we say profitable?) relationship.

Part II: The latest revisions to USP <795> have made the requirements of nonsterile compounding clearer, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t enough wiggle room to get yourself in hot water. This session will help you find and use the available resources to make — and justify — your decisions for your patients and their prescribers.

If you missed either of the first two EduCon sessions, you’re not too late. You can still get 2 hours of live CE (and the 4 hours you missed can be claimed as home study credit).

We know you’re busy, but it’s great practical training on one of the hottest topics in compounding right now. Register here (and bring your friends to get a discount).