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5 Things Every Practice Should Do NOW To Minimize Impact from Upcoming USP Changes

Revisions to United States Pharmacopeia USP standards, especially USP <795> and <797>, are set to take effect on November 1st, 2023, which could pose some challenges for veterinary practices and pet parents. Practices that prepare now will be well-positioned to ensure uninterrupted care for their clients. The USP revisions will result in shortened Beyond-Use Dates BUDs for many medications prepared at state-licensed 503A compounding pharmacies. The BUD, which is different from an exp...

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Is your practice ready to comply with FDA’s new Guidance starting October 1, 2022?

FDA has finalized GFI #256, Compounding Animal Drugs from Bulk Drug Substances , and it is slated to be enforced beginning October 1, 2022. [Extended by FDA to April 2023.] We have adapted our ordering and prescribing systems and are training our staff to comply with this new Guidance. Is your practice ready, too? 69% of your colleagues, in our recent survey , said that they are not confident 24% or not at all confident 45% that their practices are prepared to comply with the provisions of the G...

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GFI #256 is real and complicated. We make compliance simple.

FDA’s GFI #256 is here. It’s real. It’s different. We’re here to help. FDA has finalized GFI #256, Compounding Animal Drugs from Bulk Drug Substances , and it is slated to be enforced beginning October 1, 2022. [Extended by FDA to April 2023.] This Guidance means that some of the ways veterinarians order compounded medications will change, including what can be ordered for office use and what will require a patient-specific prescription. There are also additional document...

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