July 9, 2021
Psych out
Informa is offering a free webinar, "Psychedelics in CNS Therapeutics: Why Interest is Surging and What to Expect Next" on July 20 at 11:00 am EDT. Click the link for info and to register.
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June 25, 2021
Congrats to APC President Michael Blaire
June 25, 2021
A pharmacist and a physician team walk into a bar…
… and discuss how “The FDA’s weak drug manufacturing oversight is a potentially deadly problem”.
June 25, 2021
“These are crazy numbers”
If Medicare has to pay for Biogen's Aduhelm questionable Alzheimer's drug it could cost taxpayers more than the entire budget for NASA.
June 25, 2021
Stop the presses!
The new position statement from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine declares, “Sleep is essential to health”.
June 11, 2021
For the first time in quite a while, FDA has updated its pending 503B list
Interested in what's on the list and in what category? Click here.
June 4, 2021
Compounder-requirement bill passes Calif assembly
California AB 1533, which would require the state's board of pharmacy to have at least one representative from a compounding pharmacy, passed the California Assembly this week and now awaits action in the state senate. The legislation is supported by the California Pharmacists Association.
June 4, 2021
Siepka named VP at Gates Healthcare
Thomas Siepka was named vice president for hospital and health systems by APC Corporate Patron Gates Healthcare Associates, a pharmaceutical and healthcare consulting firm in Middleton, Mass. He "will lead a team of experts providing clients clinical, programmatic, and regulatory counsel and support."
May 21, 2021
Congrats to Innovation Compounding
...for being named one of the Top 5 Small Businesses of 2021 by the Cobb Chamber Of Commerce in Marietta, Ga.
May 21, 2021
Inspection prep, part 2
The good folks at FDA Law Blog have the second in their series "I Hear You Knockin’… Preparing for and Managing DEA Inspections." This one focuses on the inspectors and what they're looking for.
May 14, 2021
Finance Committee meeting
The Senate Finance Committee will hold a hearing on "Covid-19 Health Care Flexibilities" e.g., telehealth. It's this coming Wednesday, May 19 at 10:00 am EDT. Click here for info.
April 30, 2021
Thank you to Daved Rosensweet, MD
... for writing about the threat to compounded hormones in Townsend Letter: "If We Lose Compounded Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy"
April 30, 2021
Congratulations to APC member Richard Rhodes of University Compounding in San Diego
He is the recipient of the California Pharmacists Association 2021 Steven C. Feldman Compounding Award — "an individual who is a leader in California pharmacy by virtue of his activities to advance the practice of compounding."
March 19, 2021
Three easy pieces
If you were staring into the fridge thinking, “What three things can an independent pharmacy do to compete with Amazon?” you’re in luck: Forbes has an answer.
January 22, 2021
Vaccine deserts
It's not news that people of color have had it worse during the pandemic for a host of reasons. It seems they're also "disadvantaged in virus vaccine effort" due to a lack of local pharmacies, as Axios explains.
January 15, 2021
FDA extends comment period on 503B Bulks List
Last week, FDA announced that it was reopening the comment period for it’s proposed updated 503B Bulks List — the “bulk drug substances (active pharmaceutical ingredients) that FDA has considered and proposes to include or not include on the list of bulk drug substances for which there is a clinical need.” Comments can now be submitted until February 8, 2021, and APC is considering commenting. Simply put: We welcome member input about what should be the substance of those comments. Nothing formal (on your end); all you need to do is send an email to scott@a4pc.org.
January 6, 2021
The value of community
Be sure to read this wonderful story about compounding pharmacist Eddie Levin who lost his job — and whose neighbors came to the rescue.
November 6, 2020
Do you know the right way to handle e-prescribing — in compounding?
Paper prescriptions are well on their way out, so your e-script knowledge needs to be 100 percent up to date. NCPDP Script 2017071 is the 800-pound gorilla of electronic prescribing, and you’ll want to know it backwards and forwards. APC’s new live webinar, E-Prescribing in Compounding, will help you do just that.
November 6, 2020
Compounding supporters win races
Congrats to APC member Diana Harshbarger (TN-1), who will become the first compounder in Congress with her victory Tuesday. (Buddy Carter, GA-1, currently the only pharmacist in Congress, was reelected as well.)
October 28, 2020
APC at work: California
California's Board of Pharmacy is considering a rather overzealous attempt to limit animal compounding from bulks, and APC is happy to support our friends at the California Pharmacists Association with a letter to the BoP opposing those changes.
October 20, 2020
Fairness and the FDA
Check out the latest entry in FDA Law Blog: "Lemonade from Lemons: Fairness in FDA Enforcement Actions." It's about executive order 13924, which says federal agencies "shall consider" fairness in enforcement actions. How might that apply to FDA?
October 20, 2020
What’s at stake in the Supreme Court?
Specifically the Rutledge v PCMA case? The practices of 1000s of community pharmacies and their patients, that's what. Our allies explain: "States vs. PBMs at the Supreme Court: What’s at Stake for Patients."
October 19, 2020
GFI #256: Congress sends a joint letter to FDA
A big thank you to all the members of Congress who signed onto the joint letter to FDA — led by Reps. Norcross, Pocan, and Yoho — asking that the agency withdraw GFI #256 on animal compounding. (Click here to see the list and read the letter.)
October 16, 2020
Rep. Morgan Griffith pens a great op-ed
APC is loving this powerful op-ed from Congressman Griffith about the FDA's MOU. It makes important patient access and economic arguments against the MOU as presently proposed. Please share and spread the word (and a thank-you to the congressman wouldn't hurt, either).
October 13, 2020
Nominations are still open: Run for the foundation board
Join the board of the Pharmacy Compounding Foundation! Help direct its mission, advance pharmacy compounding, and do more for patients. NOMINATIONS CLOSE THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15. Just click here to self-nominate!
October 12, 2020
Tricare clawback update
APC's been working on the Tricare clawback issue, and we've got some pretty good news. It's too much for a quick post here, so we've scheduled a (final?) briefing call THIS WEDNESDAY, October 14, at 4:00pm EDT. Free to all, but registration required — click here to do that.
October 5, 2020
Raw material substitution?
The new blog post from Gus Bassani, PCCA's chief scientific officer, explains "Why Brand and Generic Substitution Is Not the Same as Raw Material Substitution".
September 10, 2020
Pharmacists to be allowed to give Covid-19 vaccine
Great news: HHS is preemptively authorizing pharmacists and pharmacy interns across the country to administer any approved Covid-19 vaccine to patients 3 and older.
September 4, 2020
Reminder: USP’s holding an open forum on and
USP has announced its next step as it reconsiders the BUD provisions in General Chapters <795> and <797>, following APC's successful appeal last year. Next up: An all-day virtual public forum on Tuesday, September 15 where USP will share its current findings, then take questions, comments, recommendations from participants that will inform the 2020 – 2025 Compounding Expert Committee, chaired by APC member Brenda Jensen. Click here to register for the forum. Got questions? Contact the USP Healthcare Quality and Safety staff at CompoundingSL@usp.org.
August 28, 2020
Make sure your pharmacy can be found
Unlike some other organizations, the folks at Boston Children's Hospital want to make it easier for kids to get vaccinated. So make sure your pharmacy is on VaccineFinder — a national registry that helps parents find the closest and most convenient place to get their kids the shots they need: Click here to register.
