503B Compounding Pharmacy

US District Judge Lee Yeakel has entered a consent decree of permanent injunction between the United States and a Texas compounding pharmacy.

Compounding pharmacies across the nation face tighter regulations following the 2012 fungal meningitis outbreak from tainted drugs distributed by the New England Compounding Center.

Lisa Faast, PharmD, pharmacy business specialist and member of Pharmacy Development Services, talks about how pharmacists' awareness of sterile compounding procedures has changed since the 2012 meningitis outbreak.

Lisa Faast, PharmD, pharmacy business specialist and member of Pharmacy Development Services, talks about how pharmacists can use their expertise to overcome negative stereotypes surrounding compounding.

Lisa Faast, PharmD, pharmacy business specialist and member of Pharmacy Development Services, talks about factors that can influence adding compounding services to pharmacy operations.

Lisa Faast, PharmD, pharmacy business specialist and member of Pharmacy Development Services, talks about how compounding can further the pharmacist's status as a trusted expert in the community.

n attempting to live up to my other New Year's resolution to embrace new cultures and customs, I decided to celebrate the Chinese New Year for the first time.

Adding compounding services to a pharmacy relies on understanding the rules of the game.

The FDA today issued 5 draft documents about drug compounding and repackaging, which will be useful to pharmacies, federal facilities, outsourcing facilities, and physicians.

Starting the New Year can be both exciting and depressing. It's easy to feel like a failure on January 2 after falling short on a resolution you had set for yourself just 24 hours prior.

With patients delivering homemade sweets to your pharmacy counter, how can you ensure that the turkey is the only one stuffed during the holiday season?

To provide further guidance on issues concerning drug compounding, the FDA today announced that experts in pharmacy, pharmaceutical compounding and manufacturing, medicine, and pharmaceutical regulation will comprise the Pharmacy Compounding Advisory Committee.

Although the proposed USP General Chapter is not anticipated to take effect for at least the next 2 years, an expert panel described how pharmacists can start preparing for the new standards in handling hazardous drugs.

Expanding upon efforts to implement the federal Drug Quality and Security Act enacted 1 year ago, the FDA today released 3 policy documents that assist companies that compound sterile drugs with registering as outsourcing facilities.

After the Drug Enforcement Administration revoked the Tampa-based pharmacy's registration to sell controlled substances and seized its drugs, the company fought back with a lawsuit.

Once upon a time, not too long ago, there was a holiday that gave families the opportunity to spend time together.

A New Jersey-based compounding pharmacy has voluntarily recalled 4 prescription preparations distributed in 4 states due to potential contamination.

New legislation comes 2 years after contaminated steroids from a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy cause meningitis outbreak.

A guide to how compounding activities need to change in the wake of the meningitis outbreak associated with the New England Compounding Center.

This month's column addresses compounding promethazine gel.

David G. Miller, RPh, discusses whether and how regulation of compounding pharmacies needs to change.