503B Compounding Pharmacy

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.

The key to encouraging patient proactivity at Burmans Pharmacy is to stress medication adherence, director of compounding Vince Canzanese, RPh, explains.

For Vince Canzanese, RPh, director of compounding for Burmans Pharmacy, building patient trust relies on a key factor: not allowing a mailman to become the pharmacist.

Vince Canzanese, RPh, director of compounding at Burmans Pharmacy in Brookhaven, Pennsylvania, discusses the independent pharmacy's wellness initiatives.

Vince Canzanese, RPh, director of compounding at Burmans Pharmacy, says the independent pharmacy raises awareness about its services by being involved in the Brookhaven, Pennsylvania, community.

The most surprising service offered at Burmans Pharmacy in Brookhaven, Pennsylvania, used to be commonplace at most pharmacies.

At Burmans Pharmacy, the key to extending the spirit of American Pharmacists Month is to continually improve pharmacy operations.

Vince Canzanese, RPh, director of compounding at Burmans Pharmacy discusses some of the hot topics at the Brookhaven, Pennsylvania independent pharmacy.

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 H.R. 3204, the Drug Quality and Security Act, which passed the House of Representatives on September 25, 2013.

David G. Miller, RPh, discusses the roles of the FDA and state boards of pharmacy in regulating compounding pharmacies.

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

The Drug Quality and Security Act, designed to improve the safety of compounded medications and to keep counterfeit and stolen medications out of the nation's drug supply, appears headed for passage by Congress.

Leaders from the Senate and House committees overseeing health policy announced that they have reached an agreement on legislation to help ensure the safety of compounded drugs and our nation's pharmaceutical supply chain.

This fall brings the final season of the series "Breaking Bad," and a recipe for a mouth-watering-and perfectly legal-form of crystal.

Although many pharmacies practice compounding, few pharmacy schools teach this skill to students. Should all pharmacy students learn specialized skills?