{"id":3929,"date":"2022-01-14T10:49:53","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T15:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/a4pc.org\/?p=3929"},"modified":"2022-04-29T10:51:27","modified_gmt":"2022-04-29T14:51:27","slug":"3929","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whizkid.com\/a4pc\/2022-01\/3929\/","title":{"rendered":"CC: January 14, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The voice for pharmacy compounding | January 14, 2022<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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APC appreciates the substantive support we receive from Medisca. Medisca has renewed its commitment as an APC Platinum Level Corporate Patron for 2022 (a $60,000 investment that includes an unlimited license to use compounding.com as the URL for our Campaign to Save Compounded Hormones).<\/p>\n

We\u2019re grateful to our friends at Medisca!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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From APC\u2019s President<\/h1>\n

Keeping the world safe for compounding<\/h2>\n


\nDavid J. Miller, RPh
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During the First World War, James Montgomery Flagg created 46 \u201cUncle Sam\u201d posters to bolster recruiting efforts for the U.S. Armed Forces. The country faced great peril and threat, but rallied together to fight and ultimately defeat that threat.<\/p>\n

If you are an APC member, thank you. And if you are a member, I WANT YOU to recruit your technicians and fellow compounders to join. (I include APC membership as part of my technicians\u2019 compensation package.) It is inexpensive and they appreciate the increased professionalism it imparts on their position.<\/p>\n

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If you are not an APC member, I WANT YOU to join APC<\/em>. And when you join, would you consider encouraging all of your technicians to join as well?<\/p>\n

As I enter my year serving as president of APC, I have a simple platform: Increase membership in an effort to strengthen our advocacy efforts and footprint on the national stage<\/em>. It may be a bit over dramatic to compare the threats we face as a compounding profession with the threats faced by the world in 1914. Nonetheless, threats remain.<\/p>\n

The very nature of our profession is under attack. We face threats to cBHT, threats to veterinary compounding, and threats to topical pain relief gels \u2014 to name a few. The only way to stem these threats is to fight. And as you all know, the more participants in the fight, the better your chances of victory.<\/p>\n

I WANT YOU to help me defend the profession we love and which serves our patients in unique ways. Please help me and increase our membership in APC throughout 2022.<\/p>\n

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David Miller<\/strong> is APC\u2019s president and the managing co-owner of Keystone Compounding Pharmacy in Grand Rapids, Michigan. You can reach him at drdave@keystonepharm.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Help us get this message to prescribers<\/h2>\n

You probably know that USP is considering restrictions on beyond-use dates for many compounded medications. But the prescribers you work may NOT be aware of those proposed changes \u2014 and they absolutely need to.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why NCPA and APC are co-hosting a free, 30-minute virtual briefing on January 20 especially for the providers you work with<\/strong> \u2014 the physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners who prescribe compounded medications for their patients.<\/p>\n

We need your help reaching our to them. We don\u2019t have their email addresses, so we\u2019re counting on YOU to make them aware of the briefing and urge them to participate.<\/p>\n

PLEASE put the image below in your email signature<\/strong> for the next few days (just right click to save it) and link it to https:\/\/whizkid.com\/a4pc\/budbriefing<\/a> \u2014 to guide prescribers to the webinar!<\/p>\n

USP has set a January 31 deadline for comments on its proposals, so the faster we can get the message out, the better!<\/em><\/p>\n

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Where did our mojo go?<\/h2>\n

Last year, in a very short time, you helped raise $1.5 million that we parlayed into a campaign<\/a> that reached 25 million Americans and helped educate policymakers about FDA\u2019s threat to restrict compounded hormones.<\/p>\n

That threat has not gone away. But it\u2019s looking like our mojo has.<\/p>\n

Since the mid-November launch of fundraising for Phase Two of the campaign<\/a> \u2014 in which we need to raise $850,000 PDQ to continue the work \u2014 contributions have only trickled in. Our campaign is at a standstill until we have raised at least half the needed amount and can begin the new digital ad placements that will be aimed at prescribers.<\/p>\n

Look, we know it\u2019s tough out there right now. Many of you are inundated with COVID prevention and patient care work. You\u2019re short-staffed. You\u2019re frustrated and tired. We do appreciate all you\u2019re doing.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve given to Phase Two of our Campaign to Save Compounded Hormones already, THANK YOU<\/strong>. But if you have not, please do \u2014 just as soon as you can come up for air, that is.<\/p>\n

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Please take this small business survey?!<\/h2>\n

What kinds of challenges are you facing as an independent business? APC is working with the Institute for Local Self-Reliance and the Small Business Rising coalition on their annual survey \u2014 we want to know about issues like health care costs, access to financing, and the market power of dominant competitors such as Amazon.<\/p>\n

Would you please take 10 to 20 minutes to complete the survey?<\/strong> Your input will help strengthen advocacy efforts on behalf of smaller businesses \u2014 the data we generate will inform members of Congress, journalists, and community leaders about the issues you face. (And of course it will be available to you, too.)<\/p>\n

The survey is confidential, nationwide, and includes input from thousands of diverse businesses.<\/p>\n

You can find the survey here<\/a>. Please note that it will close on Thursday, January 27<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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GET REGISTERED: EduCon is just two weeks away<\/h2>\n

\u201cBest practices\u201d is more than a catchphrase. For your compounding business it\u2019s your best protection and the center of your business strategy.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s EduCon 2022 \u2014 two days of virtual education \u2014 is all about those best practices, with sessions designed to keep you and your team efficient and compliant, including…<\/p>\n