Areas of Focus

Compounding

Supporting appropriate quality and safety standards while preserving lawful access to patient-specific compounded therapies.

What is at stake

The decision, in plain terms.

The instrument in play

The section 503A bulk drug substances list, through FDA public dockets and notice-and-comment rulemaking

Who this affects

Patients who need a medication compounded for them individually, and the pharmacists and prescribers who have to know what may lawfully be used.

Our writing

What we have published on compounding.

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Patients and families

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Organizations

A small number of partners fund this work and sit in the working groups that shape it.

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