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5 Qualities to Look for in Your Veterinary Pharmacy Partners

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Traditional 503A compounding pharmacies and 503B outsourcing manufacturers both serve as important partners for veterinary practices, providing patient-specific prescriptions and manufacturing bulk drugs for in-practice use and dispensing when allowed by state regulations.

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The Stokes & Bova Partnership: Transforming Veterinary Medicine

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How will you communicate Bova’s reputation to US veterinarians? Well, something unique Bova has done that not many compounders do, if any in the world, is a lot of work on research and development. Nick contacted several compounding pharmacies in the US and visited the Stokes and Epicur facilities multiple times.

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Advancements in Compounding – A Commitment to Integrity and Quality

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Technicians spend a large portion of their time communicating with owners about the medications that have been prescribed and the best way to obtain and administer them. When touring their compounding facilities, being able to see the behind-the-scenes part of their process was eye-opening. Creativity is the key more often than not.

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Meet the Team: Branson Bruce Talks Veterinary Compounding Education and Building Relationships

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Compounding pharmacies, unlike 503Bs, are not required to test the final product. They know in certain states they can’t dispense products from a compounding pharmacy, or even keep them in stock, but Epicur is able to provide a product that they can actually start patient care with immediately. Thanks, Branson!

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Supplier qualification standard aims to strengthen supply chains for quality medicines, dietary supplements, and foods

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While focuses on evaluating and establishing supplier reliability for pharmaceutical manufacturing companies and compounding pharmacies, its high-level elements of supplier qualification can also be applied to suppliers of foods and dietary supplement ingredients. Senior Director, General Chapters Global Science and Standards Division.

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Veterinary Medicine Outlook: 5 Changes and Trends Impacting Veterinary Practices

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Watch our most recent on-demand GFI webinar with Nicole Clausen, What Every Inventory Manager Needs to Know About Compounded Medications. Impending USP Guidelines on Beyond-Use Dates Coming in late 2023, new USP guidelines will limit Beyond-Use Dates (BUDs) on drugs from 503A compounding pharmacies. Watch it On-Demand 2.

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Meet Keith Brown, Epicur VSR: Why the Veterinary Industry is So Rewarding to Work In

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USP Guidelines The new USP Guidelines limit beyond-use dates (BUDs) for compounded drugs at all 503A compounding pharmacies. It’s exciting to be able to navigate through dozens of different decision-makers or layers of management and communicate our value proposition and why we are the best choice for them moving forward.