IACP Regional Education Meeting January 17, 2013 in Foley, Alabama

IACP is offering a 2.0 hour live pharmacy law CE course in Foley, Alabama on Thursday, January 17, 2013,   IACP’s Executive Vice President & CEO David G. Miller, RPh will present, "Legislative and Regulatory Update for Compounders: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You." This program is accredited for 2.0 contact hours(0.20 CEUs) of ACPE approved Live Law continuing education credit for both pharmacists and technicians. 

AAEP's 58th Annual Convention

The AAEP's 58th Annual Convention, See It All: Deeper Insights Into Equine Medicine will be held December 1-5, 2012 in Anaheim, California.  There are a number of topics during this convention, but listed below are a few:


Ethics, Scope of Practice, and Racing
Moderator: Reynolds Cowles, Jr.
Sponsored by Merial, maker of GASTROGARD® (omeprazole).

1:30	Regulation of Veterinary Medicine – Stephen S. Galloway
1:55	Decisions That Matter: The Complementary Roles of Law, Morals, and Ethics in Equine Practice – F. Richard Lesser
2:20	Addressing the Ethical Challenges of Veterinary Practice in a Pari-Mutuel Environment – Scott E. Palmer
2:40	Ethical Issues for the Racetrack Practitioner: A Daily Requirement – Jeff A. Blea
3:00	VCPR: Racing – Jeff A. Blea; Sport Horse/Surgery/Ambulatory – Karen A. Nyrop; Pleasure/Broodmare – F. Richard Lesser;VCPR Overview - Harry W. Werner
3:20	Panel for Case-Based Discussion  Moderator: Reynolds Cowles, Jr. Panelists: Jeff A. Blea, Stephen S. Galloway, F. Richard Lesser, Karen A. Nyrop, Scott E. Palmer, and Kim Volle For more information and to view registration, click here.

Basic Veterinary Compounding Course Offered By

The overall goal of this practice based course is to introduce the pharmacist and pharmacy technician to veterinary pharmacy compounding. This program provides the fundamental techniques for compounding medications for animals, as well as establishing and marketing a veterinary pharmacy practice.

Upon completion of this program, the participant will be able to:

• Demonstrate knowledge of regulatory requirements and professional standards that affect veterinary compounding
• Demonstrate the ability to perform calculations necessary to compound veterinary preparations
• Demonstrate the ability to compound a variety of veterinary preparations
• Demonstrate knowledge of animal diseases where a compounding pharmacist and/or technician can impact animal medication compliance.

When

Thursday September 27, 2012 at 8:00 AM CDT
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Friday September 28, 2012 at 5:00 PM CDT

Where

ACA National Training Laboratory
2830 Summer Oaks Drive
Bartlett, TN 38134

For more information click here.

IACP Calendar of Seminars, Conferences and Courses

The International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists has a wonderful calendar with dates for all the upcoming seminars, conferences, and courses related to compounding.  The calendar can be viewed here.

Pharmacy Compounding: Changing Laws Applied to a Traditional Art and 2013 Federal and New Jersey Pharmacy Law Update”

Pharmacy Compounding: Changing Laws Applied to a Traditional Art
and 2013 Federal and New Jersey Pharmacy Law Update”
Saturday, March 16, 2013 8:00 am – 12:00 noon
Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians
UAN# 0038-0000-13-046-L03-P & UAN # 0038-0000-13-046-L03-T
(Knowledge-Based CPE Activity)
3.0 Law Contact Hours (0.30 LAW CEUs)
Radisson Hotel, 21 Kingsbridge Road, Piscataway, NJ 08869
Pricing: $120 (includes Continental Breakfast, break, booklet, and credits)
Purpose: To provide pharmacists and pharmacy technicians with the most current information on pharmacy compounding and legal issues arising from compounding activities. To provide pharmacists and pharmacy technicians with a review of changes in Federal and State pharmacy laws, including a review of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Board of Pharmacy regulations.
Pharmacists Learning Objectives for Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians:
At the completion of this activity, pharmacists and pharmacy technicians will be able to:
1. Define key terms related to pharmacy compounding.
2. Describe the important Federal and State statutes, regulations and Federal Drug Administration (FDA) guidance.
3. Documents regarding compounding medications.
4. Discuss the legal implications -- administrative, civil and/or criminal- for improper
compounding with illustrations from actual cases.
5. Adopt a protocol to deal with FDA and State agencies if your pharmacies compounding practices are questioned.
6. Identify new and proposed Board of Pharmacy Regulations
7. Describe recent changes to important Federal statutes and regulations, including DEA
8. Discuss the enforcement patterns of some previously adopted New Jersey statutes and regulations such as the Prescription Monitoring Program and
how this impacts the practice of pharmacy.

AGENDA
8:00 - 8:30 Continental Breakfast and Registration
8:30 - 8:45 Introduction and Opening Remarks – Angelo Cifaldi, JD, RPh
8:45 - 10:00 Review of Federal & State Laws on Pharmacy Compounding and
Discussion on Legal Issues Related to Pharmacy Compounding –
Satish V. Poondi, JD, RPh
10:00 - 10:15 BREAK
10:15 - 11:45 Review of Recent Changes to Federal and State Laws Regarding The Practice of Pharmacy - Angelo Cifaldi, JD, RPh
11:45 - 12:00 Questions, Closing Remarks and Evaluations

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CDER Sponsored Meetings, Conferences and Workshops

Meetings, Conferences, & Workshops (Drugs)

The following are meetings, conferences, and workshops sponsored or co-sponsored by the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER):

Upcoming 

• FDA Small Business Regulatory Education for Industry (REdI) Conference Spring 2012, June 19-20, 2012
• DIA/FDA: Revitalizing Productivity in Drug Development, October 23, 2012, 5151 Pooks Hill Road, Bethesda, MD. Meeting
• The Regulatory Convergence, October 26–30, 2012, Seattle, WA. 
• CDER Forum for International Drug Regulatory Authorities, November 5-9, 2012, College Park, MD. 
• PDA Pharmaceutical Quality Systems (ICHQ10) Conference, November 15-16, 2012
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For more information on these meetings, click here.