Lucy Malmberg, R.Ph., F.A.C.A., F.A.C.V.P., executive vice president and corporate secretary/treasurer of Wedgewood Pharmacy, has been elected to the board of directors of the International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists (IACP) for a three-year term that began January 1. She will represent the organization’s members in 12 states from Maine to Washington DC.
IACP is an association that represents more than 2,000 pharmacists and technicians who focus on the specialty practice of pharmacy compounding, which provides personalized medications for the millions of patients whose unique healthcare needs cannot be met by off-the-shelf prescription medications.
Malmberg is a registered pharmacist in Pennsylvania and Delaware. As co-founder of Wedgewood Pharmacy, she has been instrumental in transforming the company from a strip-mall pharmacy purchased in 1981 into a specialized compounding pharmacy that is now one of the largest in the United States, serving more than 25,000 human- and animal-health prescribers and their patients nationwide.
Rod Shafer, R.Ph., CEO of IACP said, “Lucy was a leader in the industry coalition that, in 2002, argued successfully before the Supreme Court that the Food and Drug Modernization Act of 1997 (FDAMA), which prohibited pharmacists from advertising or promoting compounded drugs, was a violation of their First Amendment rights. All of us are eager to benefit from her experience and her unique passion, as our profession continues to protect, promote and advance the art and science of pharmacy compounding."
In 2005 Malmberg also was instrumental in forming IACP’s public affairs task force, which created an advocacy program centered around Patients and Professionals for Customized Care (P2C2), a Web site that provides tools and information for advocates of compounding pharmacy to influence public policy.