Hormone replacement therapy has changed drastically over the past decade. Today, it’s all about personalization: Medications are tailored to individuals — there’s no more one-size-fits-all treatment. Physicians and compounding pharmacists work together with both men and women to ensure that their medications are specific to their body and their needs. It’s called compounded bioidentical hormone […]
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FDA’s overreach will harm compounding pharmacies and the patients they serve
This opinion piece by IACP’s Scott Brunner appeared in STAT News on June 19, 2019. The deaths of 64 people and sickening of nearly 800 due to criminal negligence by employees of the New England Compounding Center in 2012 marked a profound failure of state and federal regulatory enforcement. That horrific episode […]
IACP cheers reintroduction of legislation to clarify FDA role in pharmacy compounding
ALEXANDRIA, VA (29 March, 2019) – The International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists today cheered the reintroduction of The Preserving Patient Access to Compounded Medications Act, H.R. 1959, by Reps. Morgan Griffith (R-VA) and Henry Cuellar (D-TX), which would clarify provisions of the Drug Quality Security Act of 2013 related to pharmacy compounding. That clarification is […]
IACP Applauds Leadership of the U.S. Congress in Passing Omnibus Appropriations Legislation that Includes Report Language that Addresses Concerns with FDA Implementation of the DQSA
The International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists (IACP) on behalf of our more than 4,000 compounding pharmacists and the patients and providers they serve, applauds the leadership of the U.S. Congress on passing Fiscal Year 2018 Omnibus Appropriations Legislation that includes Report Language that addresses concerns with FDA implementation of the DQSA in a manner that is contrary to Congressional […]
Waltham Pharmacy Takes the Non-traditional Approach to Medicine
By Melissa Russell mrussell@wickedlocal.com Posted Dec 22, 2017 at 4:03 PM Andrew Stein limped into Johnson Compounding and Wellness on a knee so swollen by bursitis, it “moved like jelly.” Having taking ibuprofen around the clock with no relief, Stein, a pharmacist by training, sought out a different approach. After a few days on the […]
FDA Launches New Patient Engagement Collaborative, Call for Nominations
IACP Members: Encourage Your Patients to Get Involved – Make Their Voices Heard on FDA’s New Site – Why Access is NEEDED to Compounded Medications! The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) is launching a Patient Engagement Collaborative https://blogs.fda.gov/fdavoice/index.php/author/mcooper/ and has issued a Call for Nominations. http://bit.ly/2zWVqZk According to the Agency, “FDA is committed to collaborating with patients, caregivers, […]
Drug Shortages Loom from Hurricane-impaired Manufacturing in Puerto Rico
Small, fluid-filled bags known as “minibags” have been in short supply for years. Now, hospitals are feeling even more compromised from the shortage ever since production at Baxter facilities in Puerto Rico was hampered in September by Hurricane Maria. Baxter International makes a significant portion of I.V. solution products for the U.S. market. “Clearly this […]
RX3 Compounding Pharmacy has Seen Sizable Growth
RX3 Compounding Pharmacy has seen sizable growth Richmond Times-Dispatch30 Oct 2017BY JOAN TUPPONCE SHELBY LUM/TIMES-DISPATCH C.F. “Sonny” Currin Jr. had been in the pharmacy business for decades when he saw a growing need for more medication customization. He decided to make a change in 1995 around the time his son, Chris, graduated from the Virginia […]
Acton Pharmacy Celebrates 20 years of Health and Wellness
By Matt Mallio Wicked Local – Action Posted October 10, 2017 Pharmacists Saad and Ray Dinno always wanted their own shop so when the opportunity came to take over Acton Pharmacy, they jumped. According to Saad, the pharmacy’s previous owner wanted to sell, but not to a chain, giving the two brothers their chance. That […]
Could Compounding Pharmacists Solve the Sodium Bicarbonate Shortage?
Could Compounding Pharmacists Solve the Sodium Bicarbonate Shortage? As stocks of the vital drug become rarer, pharmacists could be the ones combatting the shortage. May 25, 2017 By Nicholas Hamm Sodium bicarbonate is becoming increasingly difficult for emergency rooms to obtain, potentially creating problems since few alternatives are available. One of these alternatives, sodium acetate, […]