Alliance for Pharmacy Compounding

09/12/2025

🚨One week left🚨

10 pharmacy technicians are going to get a grant to take our amazing 15-hour course, ‘The Ethical, Legal, and Regulatory Foundations of Pharmacy Compounding’ courtesy of the Pharmacy Compounding Foundation is offering 10 pharmacy technicians a grant to take the $495 program free — you just have to apply with a quick form. Deadline: 11:59pm EDT on September 19, 2025. (Questions? Drop an email to the Pharmacy Compounding Foundation at [email protected].)

https://ow.ly/UOIr50WVWGp

09/11/2025

🎶 “Where the wind comes sweepin’ down the plain …” 🎶

APC is headed to Oklahoma City on Tuesday, Sept. 30 for our next regional meeting — and you’re invited! Thanks to ARL Bio Pharma and Kalchem, the price of admission is exactly zero.

✅ Dinner (delicious).
✅ Networking.
✅ Tour of ARL Bio Pharma’s lab.
✅ One hour of law CE.
✅ Compounding policy updates.

Pharmacists from Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas — yes, we mean you, Wichita & Dallas/Ft. Worth — this is your chance to grab CE, meet colleagues, and enjoy a night out on us.

Registration is free, but we still need you to sign so we have you a seat (and dinner plate 🍽️).

🔗 https://ow.ly/GvOr50WVmrc

09/11/2025

Check out this HimsHouse podcast episode featuring APC's Scott Brunner. You are in for a sharp and surprisingly fun deep dive into compounding — GLP-1s, pharma lawsuits, MAHA, regulatory blind spots, and where all of this might be headed in a thoughtful (and yes, still delightfully nerdy) conversation. Give it a listen!

Hims House · Episode

09/10/2025

⚠️ One word. Consequences.

California’s Board of Pharmacy recently rewrote its compounding regs — and in redefining what counts as “essentially a copy,” it swapped “significant” for “clinically significant.”

Sounds small, right? But here’s the rub: under this change, even if the prescriber, patient, and pharmacist agree on a compounded formulation, the BoP could decide the difference doesn’t rise to the level of “clinically significant.”

What does that mean in practice? We don’t know yet — and neither does anyone else. But one word could shift how compounding is enforced in California.
We’ll keep watching … and keep you posted.

09/09/2025

APC’s Data Project is only as strong as the information you share. By contributing your de-identified dispensing data, you’re helping us show policymakers what compounding really looks like in the real world, which drugs are most often compounded, how shortages affect patients, and why our work is indispensable. The process is secure, simple, and incredibly powerful for our advocacy.

So here’s the tip: don’t wait, participate. If you’ve been meaning to enroll your pharmacy in the Data Project, make this the week you do it. Every data point is a patient’s story, and together, they tell the truth about compounding.

Link: a4pc.org/data

09/09/2025

Pharma lobbyists are swarming Capitol Hill daily, spreading a story about compounded drugs that is not just inaccurate, it’s dangerous. We need you to be a part of our swarm: Come to CCH and tell your members of Congress the truth about what you do for patients (and how you do it).

If you’re coming – and you should come – we need you to sign up for your Hill visits!

Let’s show up—for our patients and our profession.

🏛️ Sept. 15–17 | Washington, D.C.

➡️ https://ow.ly/SIm450WU652

09/08/2025

APC’s Scott Brunner was featured in POLITICO’s Prescription Pulse and Politico Pro newsletters last week discussing customized versions of GLP-1 drugs, how it's gone since the FDA declared the shortages over, ‘competition’ with drugmakers, and the murky road that further regulation might find itself walking down.

While drugmakers and their sockpuppet groups continue their attempt to weaponize fear and misinformation to protect market share, we think Scott clearly articulated the reality of the situation: Compounding pharmacies have prioritized patient needs.

Read the full interview at https://ow.ly/FiLv50WTrlx

09/08/2025

Want CE just like compounding pharmacy—precisely prepared and made just for you? EduCon is now available as a virtual CE series.

Six CE hours. Six essential topics. On-demand access.

➡️ https://ow.ly/8siw50WToGm

09/05/2025

Texas cracks down on elective IVs. A new law in Texas that medical spas and “drip centers” are supposed to follow says that only PAs, RNs, and APRNs including NPs can administer elective IV therapy — and only when under adequate supervision by a physician. Wondering how this might affect compounding? APC is developing a best-practices document related to this type of situation — we’ll be releasing it soon.

Newly elected Congressman Gabe Evans of Colorado — who sits on the influential House Energy and Commerce Committee — visited Revelation Pharma’s Pencol Pharmacy in Denver on August 21. Evans and his district director spent an hour touring the pharmacy, discussing a range of issues from insurance issues and workforce development to, perhaps most importantly, the role compounding plays in addressing drug shortages.

It’s not good enough to identify a microorganism accurately — that ID should meet USP 1113 standards. Good thing there’s a (free!) one-hour CE webinar coming up: “Are You Sure About That ID? Ensuring Microbial Identification Meets USP Standards” that will cover USP 797 and 1113 standards and help keep you compliant … and your patients safer. It’s Tuesday, September 23 at 1:00 pm EDT and comes courtesy of ARL Bio Pharma.

09/04/2025

Technicians: Don't miss your chance to save almost $500 and take our 15-hour course FREE!

The Pharmacy Compounding Foundation is offering 10 pharmacy technicians a grant to cover the cost of APC's "The Ethical, Legal, and Regulatory Foundations of Pharmacy Compounding" course — you just have to apply with a quick form.

The foundations course is a great, well, foundation for your pharmacy compounding career. Take the course and be a team leader when it comes to smart, ethical compounding.

Applications must be submitted by 11:59pm EDT on September 19, 2025. Winners will be chosen by the foundation and announced shortly after the application deadline. (Questions? Drop an email to the Pharmacy Compounding Foundation at [email protected].)

Apply here: https://ow.ly/ryWq50WRw8c

09/04/2025

Be ready when you talk to a journalist — sign up for “Polishing Your Public Speaking & Media Spokesperson Skills,” our special, separately ticketed event at CCH that will cover everything you need to know about talking to the media — and we mean everything from preparation, presentation, jargon, pitfalls, and more.

It’s the day before the main CCH event: 10:00 am on Monday, September 15 at the Ritz-Carlton Pentagon City; tickets are $99. Sign up when you register for CCH!

https://a4pc.org/event/cch-2025

09/03/2025

APC’s been busy setting the record straight on compounding with reporters. Now it’s your turn to hear from them.

At , join NPR’s Sydney Lupkin, WaPo’s Daniel Gilbert, and KHN’s Arthur Allen for “An Interview with Reporters: What They’ve Learned from the GLP-1 Frenzy.”

The goal: to hear how they (and the public) see the compounding landscape, particularly when it comes to GLP-1s. They’ll give you important insight into what your patients are seeing and thinking. Even better, you’ll come away better prepared to reach out to your local media. It’s practically a seminar in marketing, education, and establishing yourself as a local expert.

👉 Tuesday, Sept. 16. Don’t miss the chance to see compounding through the media’s eyes — and learn how to tell your own story better.