APC engaged in the matter because we were—and remain—concerned about the significant implications on other APC-member compounding pharmacies if FDA continues to impose what appears to be vague, subjective disciplinary standards. read more →
APC offers a pharmacy/facility membership (PFM) as an alternative to purchasing several individual memberships. This is a relatively new program, so we'd like to thank our 38 PFM members so far for being the trailblazers they are. read more →
In a recent follow-up meeting with APC leaders, FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine’s Dr. Bill Flynn acknowledged APC's questions about the practical implications of certain provisions of GFI256 may result in tweaks to the doc. read more →
Established in 1997, the APC Fellows Program distinguishes pharmacists—and, new this year, pharmacy technicians—who are exemplary in their professionalism and commitment to the practice of pharmacy compounding. read more →
Registration is open for Informa Connect's hybrid conference, Compounding Pharmacy Compliance, June 21-22, 2022, at the Hilton Alexandria Mark Center in Alexandria, VA. read more →
On Wednesday, APC leaders met with officials from FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine to enunciate concerns about what APC sees as ambiguity and uncertainty in CVM’s final GFI #256, regarding animal compounding. read more →
This just in: FDA’s Pharmacy Compounding Advisory Committee will meet June 8, when a number of substances will be up for review, notably glutathione. read more →
Specifically, it’s about the amendment to the PPP — the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020 and it outlines some important changes in the program. Check it out!
The Food and Drug Administration has withdrawn its emergency approval of hydroxychloroquine as a Covid-19 treatment. Both hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine, the agency said, are “unlikely to be effective in treating Covid-19” and have “serious side effects.” (https://www.statnews.com/2020/06/15/fda-revokes-hydroxychloroquine/)
In what, honestly, isn’t all that surprising, Covid-19 cases are surging across the country just a couple of weeks after states began reopening.
Per Reuters: “Alabama reported a record number of new cases for the fourth day in a row on Sunday. Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, North Carolina, Oklahoma and South Carolina all had record numbers of new cases in the past three days, according to a Reuters tally.” (https://fllw.me/3fq2aUD)
What *is* surprising: “Per capita, Arizona’s infection rate is now more than three times higher than New York state.” (https://fllw.me/2YEhJkL)
And this probably counts as irony: Total cases in the US are going *down* … because cases in the New York area are going down. (https://fllw.me/3fs1nCQ)
Patients afraid to shake? They’re not alone. Read a survey (full of charts!) of 511 infectious disease specialists to see when they “Expect to Fly, Hug and Do 18 Other Everyday Activities Again”: https://nyti.ms/2AfC7R7 (Spoiler: The handshake is dead.)