Big Buttons

• 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 →

• CALL TO ACTION: Tell FDA to deny drugmakers’ request

  Drugmakers are urging FDA to prohibit compounded GLP-1s. FDA needs to hear from you and your patients NOW! read more →

• APC to FDA: Just say no to Lilly

  This week APC's lawyers sent a formal comment to the FDA about Eli Lilly’s request that tirzepatide be added to the Demonstrably Difficult to Compound list. read more →

• California BOP sends proposed compounding regs to comment period

  The California State Board of Pharmacy decided to move the modified proposed sterile compounding regulations forward to a 30-day comment period. read more →

• Checking in on the post-Chevron fallout

  What’s happened in the world of federal regulation since the end of Chevron? read more →

• Hi, Noom!

  Welcome to our newest Bronze-level Corporate Patron, Noom! read more →

More News

APC is launching five new benefits for our Pharmacy-Facility members to help you and your business prosper. (If you’re a pharmacy owner but not a PFM, you should probably think about signing up.)

Here’s a brief overview, and you can click here for more details on all the new benefits:

What’s new?

• UniPen best pricing: Thanks to our agreement with Love Lifesciences, PFM members are able to buy popular UniPen self-injectors at a discount — “industry-best pricing.” UniPens are a great way to make sure your patients are self-administering properly, and to increase their adherence. 
• A 20% discount (and PFM-only group pricing) on the Conduit AI Chat Companion: It’s not just another AI chatbot. Conduit’s AI is specifically trained on the latest, most accurate information that compounding pharmacists need. In a nutshell, you have 24/7 access to an expert on compliance, compounding calculations, SOPs, and more. Try it yourself at pharmacycompounding.ai or watch some short video examples here.
• Certification report review from Veteran Scientific: The vast majority of certification reports have errors, but you can catch them before submitting yours with a certification review. The Compounding Facility Certification Surveillance (CFCS) program will give an expert review of your certification reports. PFM members get best pricing on the program, which includes an in-depth review, help with remediation (and even contract renegotiation), reassessment of their environmental sampling plan, and more. That’s just for starters — there’s ongoing review and even training assistance. 
• We have two new ways to help you lower your credit card processing fees and achieve a 2.5% – 2.8% overall effective rate:
  • • A new deal with CashierLive for POS and merchant services to help our Paladin and RxDispense customers.
    • Lower negotiated rates with HealNow for online and card-not-present transactions if you don’t have LegitScripts accreditation.

And we’re working on adding tools to the toolbox — more to come next month!

These are in addition to the long list of benefits that PFMs already receive, making PFM membership a no-brainer for large and small compounding pharmacies (and chains).