503B Compounding Pharmacy

Agency's interpretation may significantly affect how health systems and hospitals provide pharmaceuticals to patients.

As pharmacists were pulled into patient-facing roles, many hospitals were forced to scale back or make adjustments in medication compounding practices.

Understanding the categories is key to evaluating and making decisions about outsourcing products or improving internal production standards.

Pharmacy Times® interviewed the CEO of US Pharmacopeia (USP) Ronald Piervincenzi, PhD, to discuss USP’s history, the role of the pharmacist both in that history and in USP’s work today, and USP’s outlook on the future of pharmacy.

For World Immunization Week, Pharmacy Times® interviewed Nurisha Wade, MBA, VP of Global Healthcare Quality & Safety Center of Excellence at US Pharmacopeia (USP), and Farah Towfic, PharmD, MBA, director, CEO of Operations at USP, on USP’s COVID-19 Vaccine Handling Toolkit.

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Farah Towfic, PharmD, MBA, director, CEO operations at US Pharmacopeia (USP), discusses USP’s release of an updated version of its COVID-19 Vaccine Handling Toolkit in response to feedback from independent pharmacies to mass vaccination clinics.

Bridget Hanna focuses on boosting compounding services, events, OTC services, and social media

Yet those directly involved in caring for the underserved and uninsured see its value firsthand.

Competency, sporadic checks, and training can cut down on mistakes that cause contamination.

Multiple pharmacies recently received letters from ESI stating that on behalf of TRICARE and the Defense Health Agency, ESI was recouping money for compound drug claims submitted in 2015.

The Colorado business is expanding, offering animal and human compounding, as well as flu, hormone, pharmacogenomics, and strep testing.

FDA recently released new temporary guidelines on non-standard PPE practices for sterile compounding by pharmacy compounders during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Clearly identifying medications requiring special handling, such as those covered by USP , is important for the safety of your staff and patients.

The APhA’s program “Addressing the COVID-19 Crisis: An Open Forum Webinar Series for Pharmacists” addressed the new conditions, including that hand sanitizer is compounded according to the following formula consistent with World Health Organization recommendations.

The Alliance for Pharmacy Compounding created the tool to help address a need for drugs to treat patients with COVID-19.

Check out these pre- and postimplementation checklists, which also help to justify the investment.

Today we’re celebrating the work of Andrea Torres, CPhT, who works at Axtell Pharmacy in Pilot Point, Texas.

Which ancient pharmacist created procedures that still influence today’s modern compounding practices?

Steven C. Hoffart, PharmD, owner and operator of Magnolia Pharmacy in Magnolia, Texas, said his pharmacy had run out of prepared hand sanitizer when he saw a need for many people in his area.

While not everything on this list is a law, they are all at least best practices and/or tips to most efficiently comply with a law or regulation, and to get your job done.

Although they seem overwhelming, implementation of these best practices may improve long-term operational efficiency.

A proposed FDA guidance could significantly impact veterinary practices and their ability to compound medicines for animal patients, according to a national survey.1

The USP is a set of practice and quality standards for handling hazardous drugs (HDs) developed by the USP as a part of a compendium of standards related to the compounding of drugs.

Members of the former International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists voted in November 2019 to change the association’s name to the Alliance for Pharmacy Compounding.