May 30, 2024
Want to elect candidates who think like you do?
As good as you are as a compounding professional, the degree of your success is always dependent on how laws, regulations, and standards-setting affect your practice.
May 30, 2024
A good (shareable) word about quality
The first three minutes of Dr. Ross Caputo's Owner Summit session on quality represent one of the best arguments we’ve heard about how investing in quality is how you grow and protect your pharmacy business.
May 17, 2024
FDA to exercise enforcement discretion on compounded FIP treatment
This week, FDA announced that it does not intend to enforce new animal drug approval requirements for products compounded from GS-441524, under specific conditions.
May 17, 2024
Advocacy in ACTion
APC’s Scott Brunner and Savannah Cunningham attended PCCA ACT Legislative Conference this week — as did APC Board Vice President Gina Besteman and many other APC members.
May 17, 2024
Get the scoop on the hottest topics in compounding
EduCon’s first session is in less than two months, and you don’t want to miss it.
May 17, 2024
South Carolina allows 503B sourcing
Kudos to the Outsourcing Facilities Association for their work in shepherding through South Carolina HB 3592. Signed into law on Monday, it explicitly allows 503B sourcing.
May 10, 2024
A terrific tool to train the team
Our 15-hour virtual course is a thorough, convenient, and affordable resource for learning the ethical, legal, and regulatory framework in which compounding is done.
May 10, 2024
We’re headed for Tampa! (Oh, and Boston, too)
We’ll be in the Tampa/St. Pete area on June 12 for our next CompoundED UpDATE — part of a series of regional meetings made possible by a grant from PCCA. We’ll also be in Boston on June 18 for a compounder get-together.
May 10, 2024
Celltechgen is APC’s newest supporter
Celltechgen, a testing lab for microbe endotoxin and sterility, potency, and more, has joined APC as a Bronze-level Corporate Patron.
May 10, 2024
Meet our compounding defenders (and guardians and champions)
A few weeks ago, we offered you a deal. Since then, several of you have taken us up on it — so here’s a big thank you to our Package Deal investors.
May 10, 2024
Exploring career path options for technicians
APC’s Jen Petska is the featured guest on the latest CPhT Connect podcast, “the only weekly podcast specifically for pharmacy technicians.” Give a listen.
May 3, 2024
Journalistic malpractice
This piece is appalling – both the bias and error in the article itself AND that Pharmacy Times would take a swipe at a legitimate pharmacy practice like pharmacy compounding.
May 3, 2024
Let’s get together
APC may soon be coming to a city near you — and we’d love to meet up. We’ll be in the Tampa/St. Pete area on June 12 for our next CompoundED UpDATE — part of a series of regional meetings made possible by a grant from PCCA.
May 3, 2024
NABP gets it right in their latest report
Drugmakers, newsmedia, and even regulators have been wrongly conflating legitimate compounding of GLP-1s with illegal online drug sales. In their latest RogueRx Activity Report, NABP doesn’t make that mistake.
May 3, 2024
Major new study: Hormone therapy benefits outweigh risks in menopause
A recent study published in JAMA suggests that the benefits of hormone therapy outweigh the risks for treating menopause symptoms, particularly among women under 60.
April 26, 2024
Mass confusion: Our letter
This week, APC submitted a comment letter to the Massachusetts Board of Pharmacy about two issues on which the Board recently expressed concern.
April 26, 2024
APC to regulators: The stability study backlog is real
This week, APC wrote to state boards of pharmacy and FDA to make them aware of delays in completing stability studies as USP 797 is enforced across the country.
April 26, 2024
Welcome, Wells Pharmacy
Wells Pharmacy Network is our newest Bronze-level Corporate Patron — a $10,000 investment.
April 26, 2024
GLP-1 compounding and one-handed reporting
You know this by now: You can’t believe everything you read in the news, especially when it comes to compounding.
April 26, 2024
EduCon is back … as a webinar series
You may know EduCon as APC’s “Ethical Compounding Conference” – a virtual event that delivers “best practices” training to compounding pharmacists and technicians. This year, it’s back with a new user-friendly format.
April 26, 2024
A giant has fallen
With the passing of Dr. Loyd V. Allen, Jr., PhD, this week, our profession lost a giant. No hyperbole here: His passion for and influence over the ethical practice of pharmacy compounding is simply unequalled.
April 25, 2024
Nonsterile compounders: Check your water
Be aware: FDA has issued a number of 483s related to the water used in nonsterile compounding. Water for nonsterile compounds needs to be USP-grade purified water.
April 25, 2024
New PFM resources
We have several new PFM-only resources now available on our website. Make sure you’re logged in so you can access them.
April 25, 2024
Setting the record straight on compounded GLP-1s
APC’s Scott Brunner and Tenille Davis are guests on the latest GameChangers Pharmacotherapy Podcast, where they cover facts and misinformation around compounded GLP-1s.
April 25, 2024
Mass confusion?
This week we were made aware that the Massachusetts Board of Pharmacy was questioning a compounder in the state for compounding what the pharmacy had incorrectly referred to as “oral semaglutide.”
April 18, 2024
Strategic sessions: An Owner Summit recap
We kept most of our Owner Summit sessions short and sweet, but some of our Saturday topics were too meaty to cover in 30 minutes. Here’s a quick roundup of three sessions.
April 18, 2024
Free money for students and technicians
Thanks to Pharmacists Mutual Insurance Company, the Pharmacy Compounding Foundation is offering up to two $2,500 scholarships to pharmacy students who have demonstrated commitment to a career in compounding pharmacy in the US.
April 18, 2024
New ‘best practices’ + constructive transfer and peptides
Last week in a special edition of Compounding Connections, we shared a handful of new information and practice resources approved by the APC Board of Directors. It’s important for you to be aware of them, so we’re sharing again.
April 18, 2024
Let’s get this over with
Me again, asking you for money. I do this a lot – too much, really – but the alternative is an underfunded APC that can’t protect your job, pharmacy, and patients. So I’ve got a deal for you.
April 5, 2024
Just in time for ketamine: APC updates Constructive Transfer statement
APC’s Board this week approved minor revisions to its policy statement on Constructive Transfer of compounded controlled substance drugs. The statement was first adopted in 2010.
