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• Tattoos, legal counsel, and good info

  If APC had a tattoo on its bicep — if we had a bicep, I mean — it might well read “Consult legal counsel.” read more →

• State advocacy update

  APC sent a letter to the New Mexico Board of Pharmacy this week commenting on its proposed amendments that would align the state with USP (good), but would also require that pharmacists ensure all flavors are inert (yikes). read more →

• Board approves new officer succession

  The APC Board of Directors has voted to name Gina Besteman (previously vice president) the board chair-elect after the resignation of Michelle Moser from the position. Besteman will assume the chair in January 2025. read more →

• FDA is concerned about compounded GLP-1 dosing errors

  Earlier this week APC received a letter from the FDA explaining the agency's concerns regarding dosing and patient usage of compounded semaglutide and tirzepatide. read more →

• Did you get your Compounding Pharmacy Snapshot?

  If you haven’t already, don’t forget to download and share the 2023-2024 edition of our Snapshot of Pharmacy Compounding in America. read more →

• After report, FTC to sue PBMs

  On Tuesday, the Federal Trade Commission released a scathing, two-years-in-the-making report about PBMs. read more →

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This week the Pharmacy Compounding Foundation voted to take a leadership role in the effort to protect cBHT. The Foundation board approved substantial funding for an objective, third-party, comprehensive analysis of the NASEM cBHT study.

What that means

There’s much to question about NASEM’s FDA-funded cBHT study:

• The appropriateness of the study approach
• The composition of the committee (plus any demonstrated bias of reviewers)
• The limited scope of the research it reviewed — why and how were only a handful of the hundreds of cBHT studies considered?

Right now, that NASEM study carries a strong sense of legitimacy simply because there’s been no comprehensive, objective effort to refute it. But its flaws mean it must not come to be seen as the definitive word on the safety efficacy of cBHT. Thanks to the foundation, it won’t be.

The foundation-funded analysis of the NASEM study should be available by early 2021. Our aim will be to share it with FDA officials, as well as members of Congress and the news media.

This isn’t an inexpensive undertaking, and PCF deserves kudos for its leadership in funding the analysis. Keep that in mind, and please, give to the foundation. Help support it, so it can help support the practice and future of compounding.

Donors in the past have made this coming analysis possible; they paid it forward. Now it’s your turn to do the same.

Personal or corporate, your donations to the foundation are tax-deductible. And there’s no better time to support the foundation as it takes the lead in the fight for cBHT.