Through board of pharmacy inspections of compounding pharmacies and proposed laws to tighten requirements for compounding, states are taking action to help ensure the safety of compounded drugs.

Med Prep Consulting, Inc, a New Jersey-based compounding pharmacy, voluntarily recalled all lots of all its compounded products after a Connecticut hospital discovered mold particles in five bags of an intravenous solution.

FDA is alerting health care providers and patients of a voluntary recall of all sterile products produced and distributed by Clinical Specialties Compounding Pharmacy (CSCP) of Augusta, GA. 

With the arrival of allergy season, FDA has a released a new video to help educate patients about safe use of medications containing acetaminophen.

The Illinois prescription monitoring program (PMP) and Louisiana PMP have now deployed the NABP PMP InterConnect^®, bringing the total of live participating state PMPs to 14. 

To protect the public health, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should carefully consider using the exercise of enforcement discretion during drug shortages, urges NABP. 

Stressing the potential danger to patients, NABP expressed its opposition to legislation introduced in Maine that would allow the dispensing of drugs from mail-order pharmacies located around the world.

Former New England Compounding Center (NECC) employees reveal how workload and facility conditions contributed to the tragic meningitis outbreak linked to the company’s contaminated drugs in a 60 Minutes segment.

To enhance the law enforcement community’s response to pharmaceutical crime around the world, INTERPOL has entered a landmark agreement with 29 pharmaceutical companies. 

Federal authorities seized $3.6 million-worth of counterfeit drug products from a warehouse in Columbia, SC. 

The Task Force on Drug Return and Reuse Programs met October 9-10, 2012, at NABP Headquarters.

The Task Force on Virtual Manufacturers and Virtual Wholesale Distributors met December 11-12, 2012, at NABP Headquarters. 

NABP is pleased to announce that the South Dakota prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) is the 12^th prescription monitoring program (PMP) to deploy NABP PMP InterConnect^®.

Inspections of 30 entities engaged in compounding are underway by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspectors as part of the agency’s response to the 2012 meningitis outbreak linked to contaminated compounded injectable drugs.

Aimed to reduce prescription drug abuse and diversion, legislation that would establish an expanded PMP in Pennsylvania is under consideration by state lawmakers. 

The NABP membership consists of the regulatory boards regulating the profession of pharmacy. These boards are statutorily created and empowered and act in the interest of protecting the public. 

Future changes to the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) Certification Program will elevate PTCB’s standards for national certification and recertification, thus advancing pharmacy technician qualifications.

NABP member boards of pharmacy are moving swiftly to implement the Compounding Action Plan initiated by state boards of pharmacy and NABP in November 2012.

Pharmacists’ authority to vaccinate may be expanded in Wyoming under a bill that would allow pharmacists to prescribe and administer immunizations for individuals age seven and older.

New York physician Felix Rodriguez pled guilty to the distribution of more than 1,000 oxycodone pills to individuals without legitimate medical need for the drug.

Set in St Louis, MO, the geographic hub of the United States, this year’s National Association of Boards of Pharmacy^®(NABP^®) 109th Annual Meeting, “Gateway to Shared Responsibility and Success,” will provide attendees an opportunity to explore the “Gateway to the West.”