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Editorial: New Experience at IJPC: A First in Pharmacy Publishing!

IJPC is pleased to announce the incorporation of Augmented Reality (AR) into the IJPC journal starting with the Nov/Dec issue. Augmented Reality (AR) is a live, direct or indirect, view of a physical, real-world environment whose elements are augmented (supplemented) with computer-generated sensory input such as sound, video, graphics, or other data (e.g., GPS). The technology functions by enhancing one's current perception of reality. Augmentation is conventionally in real-time and in association with environmental elements, such as sports scores on TV during an event. With the help of advanced AR technology (e.g., adding computer vision and object recognition) the information about the surrounding real world of the user becomes interactive and digitally manipulable. Artificial information about the environment and its objects can be overlaid on the real world.

IJPC plans to slowly increase the AR experiences in IJPC over time. The Nov/Dec issue will contain 5 experiences, including the special cover. As many know, the Nov/Dec covers of IJPC are designed to be unique each year. More on AR in next week's newsletter!


Loyd V. Allen, Jr., PhD, RPh
Editor-in-Chief
International Journal of Pharmaceutical Compounding
Remington: The Science and Practice of Pharmacy Twenty-second edition

Nasacort Going Over the Counter
Sanofi announced that the FDA approved an over-the-counter (OTC) version of the company's allergy nasal spray Nasacort. This is the second time that Sanofi has moved one of its allergy medications from Rx to OTC status; the first being the antihistamine Allegra. It will be marketed by Chattem Inc., Sanofi's consumer health division in the U.S. The company said it should be available by the spring of 2014.
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2013-10-11/sanofi-gets-us-ok-for-nonprescription-nasacort

FIP Brings Pharmacists Together in Dublin
The FIP met in Dublin this past summer and attracted more than 3000 participants from 107 countries. The meeting featured business, educational, and poster sessions, along with other activities from August 31 through September 5 in the heart of Ireland's largest city, Dublin. In the year since FIP celebrated its centennial, the organization has been revising and updating activities associated with its statutes and evaluations of the statements and guidelines, some of which were adopted more than 15 years ago.
http://www.ashp.org/menu/News/PharmacyNews/NewsArticle.aspx?id=3966

PTCB Has Over 500,000 Certifications
The total number of certifications granted by the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) passed half a million as of June 30, 2013. PTCB-certified pharmacy technicians (CPhTs) are increasingly relied upon to help pharmacists in many aspects of pharmacy practice. The Bureau of Labor and Statistics projects that pharmacy technician employment will increase more than 32% between 2010 and 2020.
http://www.ptcb.org/about-ptcb/news-room/news-landing/2013/10/02/ptcb-grants-more-than-half-a-million-certifications

US Distributor Sanctioned by German Manufacturer
A German manufacturer took the extraordinary step of suspending shipments of a widely used drug to a U.S. distributor (Morris & Dickson LLC) this year after 20 vials were mistakenly sent to the state of Missouri to be used in executions. Fresenius Kabi said shipments of propofol were halted to a Louisiana distributor for 4 1/2 months through mid-March because the company feared the European Union would ban export of the drug altogether if it was used in executions. The death penalty is banned in the European Union and bans the export of drugs used in executions. The death-penalty states have now changed the drugs they use in lethal injections, found new supplies of existing drugs, or buy drugs from compounding pharmacies.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/11/us-usa-execution-drugs-idUSBRE99A02U20131011

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PCAB is proud to announce the accreditation of the following pharmacies:

Creative Compounds, Wilsonville, Oregon; Denise Burnham, RPh, pharmacist@creative-compounds.com. Re-accreditation of Sterile & Nonsterile Compounding

Granbury Drug, Granbury, Texas; Gamze Strain, RPh, gstrain@charter.net. Re-accreditation of Nonsterile Compounding

Willow Pharmacy, Madisonville, Louisiana; Darren Martin, PharmD, Darren75martin@att.net. Initial Accreditation of Nonsterile Compounding

Source: Provided by www.CompoundingToday.com