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ForwardCompounding for Women's Health: Clinical Strategies for Optimized Vaginal Therapies | September 4, 2025
Overview
Unlock the critical role of compounding in women’s health! This engaging session dives into the science and strategy behind vaginal drug delivery — from anatomy and absorption to excipient selection and formulation challenges. Learn how to design patient-centered therapies that address menopause, urogenital symptoms, and more, while staying compliant with USP <795> standards. We’ll explore real-world considerations like microbiome impact, counseling tips, and optimizing treatment outcomes. Whether you’re a pharmacist or technician, you’ll leave equipped to support better care for women through customized, high-quality compounded preparations.
Intended audience
- Pharmacists & Pharmacy Technicians
Learning Objectives
Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians
- Describe the unique anatomical and physiological factors that impact drug absorption and formulation for vaginal preparations in women's health.
- Explain the advantages and challenges of the vaginal route of drug delivery, including excipient selection and patient counseling considerations.
- Apply USP <795> nonsterile compounding standards to the preparation of customized vaginal dosage forms while ensuring safety, quality, and regulatory compliance.
- Identify patient-specific factors — such as age, menopausal status, microbiome changes, and concomitant conditions — that influence the design and counseling of vaginal therapies.
Hardware/software requirements
We will be using Zoom for this webinar - full system requirements can be found here. You can download the Zoom client here.
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Hardware | Minimum | Recommended | |
| Processor | Single-core 1Ghz or higher | Dual-core 2Ghz or higher (Intel i3/i5/i7 or AMD equivalent) | |
| RAM | N/A | 4 GB | |
COPYRIGHT
This webinar is Copyright © Alliance for Pharmacy Compounding 2025.
| Tara Thompson, PharmD, FAPC |  |
Tara Thompson is a compounding pharmacist and patient advocate with 12 years’ experience in sterile and nonsterile compounding. She currently serves as the Vice President of Clinical Services for the Revelation Pharma Network of Pharmacies, is a Fellow of the Alliance for Pharmacy Compounding, and is current chair of the Fellowship and Education Committees at APC. Tara is an active member of ISSWSH, AUGS, sits on many medical advisory boards including the Sexual Health and Wellness Institute, and is a frequent speaker on compounding pharmacology in women’s and men’s health. In her spare time, she can be found cheering on various baseball teams, going on new adventures, or driving her kids around town.