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Vol. 7 No. 10 Does the end justify the means?
Vol. 7 No. 9 Communications
Vol. 7 No. 8 Presidents' Day and Washington's Birthday: Which is Which?
Vol. 7 No. 7 Valentine's Day! Who/What Are We Celebrating?
Vol. 7 No. 6 Quality Improvement in Pharmaceutical Compounding
Vol. 7 No. 5 Thinking About Tomorrow!
Vol. 7 No. 4 Working Together
Vol. 7 No. 3 Confusing Rules with Principles
Vol. 7 No. 2 Cowboy Ethics Revisited: What Has Happened to Our Culture?
Vol. 7 No. 1 Happy New Year!
Vol. 6 No. 50 Merry Christmas!
Vol. 6 No. 49 A Profession or a Job
Vol. 6 No. 48 The U.S. Healthcare System is NOT “Broken”!
Vol. 6 No. 47 Thanksgiving
Vol. 6 No. 46 Media and Political Manipulation: Who is Manipulating Whom?
Vol. 6 No. 45 Tamiflu Suspension Revisited
Vol. 6 No. 44 Are these still in effect? Part 2
Vol. 6 No. 43 Are these still in effect? Part 1
Vol. 6 No. 42 2009 NCPA Program Sessions on Compounding in New Orleans
Vol. 6 No. 41 Thyroid and Tamiflu!
Vol. 6 No. 40 The 2009 H1N1 Flu, the Media, and the RxTriad
Vol. 6 No. 39 Aging
Vol. 6 No. 38 Melamine is Back!
Vol. 6 No. 37 Drug Product Shortages: Opportunities for Compounding
Vol. 6 No. 36 Labor Day: How it Came About; What it Means
Vol. 6 No. 35 False Economy? Think before you act!
Vol. 6 No. 34 Privacy vs Need to Know: How far do we put our trust?
Vol. 6 No. 33 Basis for decisions: Documentation and/or judgment
Vol. 6 No. 32 Snippets!
Vol. 6 No. 31 Let's make a deal!
Vol. 6 No. 30 Believe it or not!
Vol. 6 No. 29 The Age of Communications for the Ages
Vol. 6 No. 28 Florida Pharmacists Association Annual Meeting 2009
Vol. 6 No. 27 We're All In This Together!
Vol. 6 No. 26 Compounders on Capitol Hill a Great Success
Vol. 6 No. 25 Trends in Drug Shortages; Opportunities for Compounding, Part 2
Vol. 6 No. 24 Trends in Drug Shortages; Opportunities for Compounding, Part 1
Vol. 6 No. 23 Quality Assurance of Parenteral Preparations
Vol. 6 No. 22 Automatons
Vol. 6 No. 21 Wyeth is at it again! Women are being cheating of estriol and Medicaid of millions of dollars
Vol. 6 No. 20 Quality Assurance of Special Hard Gelatin Capsules
Vol. 6 No. 19 Compounding Around the World
Vol. 6 No. 18 Quality Assurance of Suppositories, Troches, Lollipops, and Sticks
Vol. 6 No. 17 Quality Control, Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement-What is the Difference and Why Should You Care?
Vol. 6 No. 16 Going backwards?
Vol. 6 No. 15 Quality Assurance of Ointments, Creams, and Gels
Vol. 6 No. 14 Quality Assurance of Oral and Topical Liquids
Vol. 6 No. 13 Quality Assurance of Powder-Filled, Hard-Gelatin Capsules
Vol. 6 No. 12 Is it realistic to think that through the government…
Vol. 6 No. 11 INFARMA 2009
Vol. 6 No. 10 Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness OR ...
Vol. 6 No. 9 States of Matter; States of States!
Vol. 6 No. 8 Back to the Basics!
Vol. 6 No. 7 My Two Cents!
Vol. 6 No. 6 Discussion of Data and Demeanor
Vol. 6 No. 5 Insurance Discrimination! Time for a Class Action xyzxyz?
Vol. 6 No. 4 Things are Changing!
Vol. 6 No. 3 Change!
Vol. 6 No. 2 The Blind Leading the Blind; Let’s Open Their Eyes
Vol. 6 No. 1 Resolutions Anyone?
Vol. 5 No. 49 It's Hard to Believe!
Vol. 5 No. 48 Economic Correction May Be What We Need
Vol. 5 No. 47 Lack of Discipline or Circumstances: What is the Cause?
Vol. 5 No. 46 Thanksgiving
Vol. 5 No. 45 Isn't it interesting that...
Vol. 5 No. 44 A lot of "bellyaching" going on this past year!
Vol. 5 No. 43 “New Drug,” Labeling, and Label Responsibility
Vol. 5 No. 42 Stress
Vol. 5 No. 41 Should Black-Box Warnings be Dispensed with Commercial Prescriptions?
Vol. 5 No. 40 Are we there yet?
Vol. 5 No. 39 Misdirection
Vol. 5 No. 38 Compounding Around the World!
Vol. 5 No. 37 "Reporters" or "Political Activists"
Vol. 5 No. 36 8-Tracks for Sale
Vol. 5 No. 35 The Politics of Change
Vol. 5 No. 34 AMA Action on Non-FDA-Approved Compounded Medications
Vol. 5 No. 33 Dumb, Dumber, and Dumbest!
Vol. 5 No. 32 Healthcare Reform: Different Things to Different People
Vol. 5 No. 31 Cephalosporin Extra-Label Use to be Banned
Vol. 5 No. 30 Standardized Formulas
Vol. 5 No. 29 "New Drug", "Labeling" and the Midland Decision
Vol. 5 No. 28 “Compounding Around the World”
Vol. 5 No. 27 Who Owns the United States?
Vol. 5 No. 26 Two Little Words
Vol. 5 No. 25 Should the Government and Insurance Companies Pay for "Lifestyle" Drugs?
Vol. 5 No. 24 DTC Advertising!
Vol. 5 No. 23 IJPC-APhA Strategic Alliance
Vol. 5 No. 22 It's Here—USP Chapter <797> is Official
Vol. 5 No. 21 Lookin’, Learnin’, and Lobbyin’ at CCH 2008
Vol. 5 No. 20 Made in the USA
Vol. 5 No. 19 Twelve "Whereas's" and 1 "Be it Resolved"!
Vol. 5 No. 18 Have We Learned Our Lesson Yet?
Vol. 5 No. 17 USP Chapter <797> Question of the Week
Vol. 5 No. 16 USP Chapter <797> Frequently Asked Questions
Vol. 5 No. 15 No recourse for patients and consumers!
Vol. 5 No. 14 USP Chapter <797> Workshop #1
Vol. 5 No. 13 Examinations for Students on Rotations?
Vol. 5 No. 12 FDA Losing Credibility
Vol. 5 No. 11 My Drug Problem (Anonymous Submission)
Vol. 5 No. 10 Who's running the country?
Vol. 5 No. 9 Change: One of the constants of the universe!
Vol. 5 No. 8 Ethiopia Project
Vol. 5 No. 7 Double Standards
Vol. 5 No. 6 Eleven Rules of Life
Vol. 5 No. 5 Opinions and Convictions: Who are you?
Vol. 5 No. 4 FDA, Wyeth, and Global Harmonization
Vol. 5 No. 3 Educate Your Patients about “Unapproved Drugs"
Vol. 5 No. 2 Déjà vu all over again!
Vol. 5 No. 1 A New Year with Opportunities and Challenges
Vol. 4 No. 51 Who do you want to be today? Makeovers!
Vol. 4 No. 50 Avastin: Packaging, Repackaging, or Prepackaging?
Vol. 4 No. 49 Musings on the Length of Pharmacy Education
Vol. 4 No. 48 Revised USP Chapter <797>...Now Available!
Vol. 4 No. 47 Am I Missing Something Here!
Vol. 4 No. 46 Avastin, Genentech, and Particulate Matter
Vol. 4 No. 45 Politics and Truth: An Emulsion or Solution?
Vol. 4 No. 44 Avastin Update
Vol. 4 No. 43 12th Spanish Congress of Compounding Pharmacy
Vol. 4 No. 42 Incredible!!!!
Vol. 4 No. 41 HEADLINE: Prescription Drugs Unavailable!
Vol. 4 No. 40 IJPC-What it is!
Vol. 4 No. 39 Health Insurance: Who should pay?
Vol. 4 No. 38 Discrimination Towards Patients by Insurance Companies!
Vol. 4 No. 37 Professional Terminology
Vol. 4 No. 36 Truth vs Opinion
Vol. 4 No. 35 Truth, Justice, and the American Way!
Vol. 4 No. 34 Decimal Points and Units
Vol. 4 No. 33 Free Prescriptions-What's Wrong with this Picture?
Vol. 4 No. 32 Looking At or Looking Up To!
Vol. 4 No. 31 Adverse Event Reporting in Compounding
Vol. 4 No. 30 Two Good Questions
Vol. 4 No. 29 Multi-State Annual Pharmacy Association Meetings
Vol. 4 No. 28 Best Ever IACP Compounders on Capitol Hill!
Vol. 4 No. 27 The White Coats are Coming!
Vol. 4 No. 26 Freedom!
Vol. 4 No. 25 Off-Label Uses of Drugs
Vol. 4 No. 24 Quality Assurance in Compounding, Part XII
Vol. 4 No. 23 Quality Assurance in Compounding, Part XI
Vol. 4 No. 22 Quality Assurance in Compounding, Part X
Vol. 4 No. 21 Quality Assurance in Compounding, Part IX
Vol. 4 No. 20 Quality Assurance in Compounding, Part VIII
Vol. 4 No. 19 Quality Assurance in Compounding, Part VII
Vol. 4 No. 18 Pharmaceuticals and the Internet
Vol. 4 No. 17 Quality Assurance in Compounding, Part VI
Vol. 4 No. 16 Quality Assurance in Compounding, Part V
Vol. 4 No. 15 Quality Assurance in Compounding, Part IV
Vol. 4 No. 14 Quality Assurance in Compounding, Part III
Vol. 4 No. 13 The Shell Game
Vol. 4 No. 12 Quality Assurance in Compounding, Part II
Vol. 4 No. 11 Quality Assurance in Compounding, Part I
Vol. 4 No. 10 Who's the Criminal?
Vol. 4 No. 9 Sphere of Influence
Vol. 4 No. 8 The International Journal of Pharmaceutical Compounding—More Than a Journal
Vol. 4 No. 7 FDA is Generating Income and Patients Lose Again
Vol. 4 No. 6 How do I Select a Good Compounding Pharmacy?
Vol. 4 No. 5 It Just Doesn't Calculate!
Vol. 4 No. 4 I Don't Really Care About Apathy.
Vol. 4 No. 3 Misrepresentations!
Vol. 4 No. 2 Here We Go Again!
Vol. 4 No. 1 Overs!
Vol. 3 No. 52 Change!
Vol. 3 No. 51 Pharmacy Compounding Accreditation Board Surveyors Trained
Vol. 3 No. 50 The FDA vs the Federal Government
Vol. 3 No. 49 Standard Operating Procedures, Part 2
Vol. 3 No. 48 Standard Operating Procedures, Part 1
Vol. 3 No. 47 The World's Largest College of Pharmacy
Vol. 3 No. 46 Comments on the AMA Resolution
Vol. 3 No. 45 Third-Party Payers Arbitrarily Discriminate
Vol. 3 No. 44 Exhibit Halls at Meetings Reflect Changes
Vol. 3 No. 43 Election time again!
Vol. 3 No. 42 National Community Pharmacy Association (NCPA), Las Vegas, and Compounding
Vol. 3 No. 41 Flak Jacket Not Required
Vol. 3 No. 40 The Problem! Politicians and/or Bureaucrats?
Vol. 3 No. 39 Quality Cannot be Tested into a Preparation, but, How Much is Enough?
Vol. 3 No. 38 Compounding with Commercial Drugs Can Cause Errors!
Vol. 3 No. 37 Big PHARMA and Misinformation!
Vol. 3 No. 36 Why isn't everyone responsible?
Vol. 3 No. 35 Federation of International Pharmacists (FIP) and the International Society of Pharmacy Compounding (ISPhC) Meetings in Brazil
Vol. 3 No. 34 Drugmakers: Optimized for Failure?
Vol. 3 No. 33 Second Pharmaceutical Compounding Quality Assurance Seminar
Vol. 3 No. 32 Whatever Happened to Competition?
Vol. 3 No. 31 Brand-Name Drug Companies Pay to Keep Generics Off the Market
Vol. 3 No. 30 I Can't Believe It! Shake Well!
Vol. 3 No. 29 Majority Suffers Because of the Minority!
Vol. 3 No. 28 Personalized Medicine - Today!
Vol. 3 No. 27 Support your pharmacy organizations!
Vol. 3 No. 26 Headlines! Headlines! Headlines!
Vol. 3 No. 25 Wyeth's FDA Warning letter of May 8, 2006; Part II
Vol. 3 No. 24 Wyeth's FDA Warning letter of May 8, 2006; Part I
Vol. 3 No. 23 AMA Resolution on Non-FDA-Approved Compounded Medications
Vol. 3 No. 22 Pharmacy Compounding in Barcelona
Vol. 3 No. 21 The Wyeth Petition, Part III: Are Today's Conjugated Estrogens "New Drugs"?
Vol. 3 No. 20 Incomplete Labeling for Tacrolimus: Who is to Blame?
Vol. 3 No. 19 The Wyeth Petition, Part II: It's Irrational!
Vol. 3 No. 18 The Wyeth Petition, Part I: Is it Profits or Patients?
Vol. 3 No. 17 Syringes must be used with care!
Vol. 3 No. 16 Learning vs Education
Vol. 3 No. 15 Kudos to the State of Mississippi
Vol. 3 No. 14 First Pharmaceutical Compounding Quality Assurance Seminar
Vol. 3 No. 13 Pharmacy Practice in France: Will it happen here in the US?
Vol. 3 No. 12 European Association of Hospital Pharmacists in Geneva, Switzerland
Vol. 3 No. 11 New Technology and Quality Control: Something New is Coming to Town
Vol. 3 No. 10 I Don't Understand Why...
Vol. 3 No. 9 Pharmacy Organizations: Do they Support You or Themselves?
Vol. 3 No. 8 Patient Care Conflicts With Regulations, Laws, and Standards; AND Why do Insurance Companies Discriminate?
Vol. 3 No. 7 Keep your paper copies!
Vol. 3 No. 6 Kudos to IACP and the New Labeling Guidelines
Vol. 3 No. 5 Corporate Greed!
Vol. 3 No. 4 Talking to a Machine!
Vol. 3 No. 3 "Specials" are not "Sale" Items in UK Pharmacies, Part II
Vol. 3 No. 2 “Specials” are not “Sale” Items in UK Pharmacies, Part 1
Vol. 3 No. 1 Where are the "statesmen"?
Vol. 2 No. 50 Happy New Year
Vol. 2 No. 49 Merry Christmas!
Vol. 2 No. 48 Another Great Idea Gone Bad
Vol. 2 No. 47 FDA and HHS National Leaders Support Individualized Medications!
Vol. 2 No. 46 Orphan Drugs: Part II
Vol. 2 No. 45 Orphan Drugs: Part I
Vol. 2 No. 44 Acacia is Not Just Used in Drugs
Vol. 2 No. 43 Unapproved Drugs, What's the big deal?
Vol. 2 No. 42 Commercially Manufactured Bioidentical Hormones
Vol. 2 No. 41 Chasing Rainbows? Part II
Vol. 2 No. 40 Chasing Rainbows? Part I
Vol. 2 No. 39 How do you keep up with pharmacy information?
Vol. 2 No. 38 Overdosing the American Public? Compounding to the Rescue!
Vol. 2 No. 37 Afraid to take responsibility?
Vol. 2 No. 36 The FDA, Parenteral Drug Association (PDA) and Compounding for Clinical Studies
Vol. 2 No. 35 Is "pharmacy" still a science-based profession?
Vol. 2 No. 34 Kudos to the IJPC CNL and its' Moderator
Vol. 2 No. 33 Priorities: First Three, Then Me!
Vol. 2 No. 32 ACPE Requests Curriculum Content Input: Practicing Pharmacists Should Be Involved In Establishing Accreditation and Curriculum Standards, Part III
Vol. 2 No. 31 ACPE Requests Curriculum Content Input: Practicing Pharmacists Should Be Involved In Establishing Accreditation and Curriculum Standards, Part II
Vol. 2 No. 30 ACPE Requests Curriculum Content Input: Practicing Pharmacists Should Be Involved In Establishing Accreditation and Curriculum Standards, Part I
Vol. 2 No. 29 The Seven Categories of Compounding
Vol. 2 No. 28 The Impending Health Care System Crisis and Pharmaceuticals
Vol. 2 No. 27 Beyond-Use Dates
Vol. 2 No. 26 First Meeting of the USP Compounding Committees in the 2005-2010 Cycle
Vol. 2 No. 25 Contemporary Topics in Pharmaceutical Compounding
Vol. 2 No. 24 Freedom Celebration (including the freedom to compound)
Vol. 2 No. 23 To Split or Not to Split-That is the Question: and the Answer is NO!!!!
Vol. 2 No. 22 The New USP-Pharmacists' Pharmacopeia
Vol. 2 No. 21 IACP-Compounders on Capitol Hill Meeting
Vol. 2 No. 20 Should Pharmacists Handle Dangerous Chemicals
Vol. 2 No. 19 USP-Part 6: General Questions and Comments
Vol. 2 No. 18 USP-Part 5: Resolutions of the 2005 USP Convention, Concluded
Vol. 2 No. 17 USP-Part 4: Resolutions of the 2005 USP Convention, Continued
Vol. 2 No. 16 USP-Part 3: Resolutions of the 2005 USP Convention
Vol. 2 No. 15 USP-Part 2: USP Expert Committee Procedures
Vol. 2 No. 14 USP-Part 1: USP Compounding Pharmacy Expert Committees 2005-2010
Vol. 2 No. 13 Four White Papers
Vol. 2 No. 12 Find Out What You Don't Know
Vol. 2 No. 11 The USP and its Support of Pharmaceutical Compounding
Vol. 2 No. 10 Compounding “Unapproved New Drugs”
Vol. 2 No. 9 Compounding For Office Use-Some Observations and Comments
Vol. 2 No. 8 Affectors of Laboratory Results: Part VIII
Vol. 2 No. 7 Affectors of Laboratory Results: Part VII
Vol. 2 No. 6 Affectors of Laboratory Results: Part VI
Vol. 2 No. 5 Affectors of Laboratory Results: Part V
Vol. 2 No. 4 Affectors of Laboratory Results: Part IV
Vol. 2 No. 3 Affectors of Laboratory Results: Part III
Vol. 2 No. 2 Affectors of Laboratory Results: Part II
Vol. 2 No. 1 Affectors of Laboratory Results: Part I
Vol. 1 No. 6 The Science and Technology of Pharmaceutical Compounding...Worldwide (ISPhC)
Vol. 1 No. 5 Systemic Anti-Inflammatories and Cardiac Problems
Vol. 1 No. 4.1 Proposed Revisions to USP Chapter <797> Pharmaceutical Compounding - Sterile Preparations
Vol. 1 No. 4 What a year for IJPC and compounding!
Vol. 1 No. 3 Therapeutic Blood Levels
Vol. 1 No. 2 USP-NF Grade Ingredients
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