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ForwardNavigating Marketing and 503B Sourcing: Best Practices for Compounding Pharmacies
AN APC WEBINAR POWERED BY LP3 NETWORK
This webinar will be live on February 20th, 2025 at 2:00pm Eastern Standard Time (EST).
Not able to attend live? You can enroll in the on-demand version on the Register tab.
Overview
In the evolving landscape of pharmacy compounding, navigating compliance, marketing, and vendor validation is more important than ever. This webinar will provide an in-depth look at best practices for ethically marketing compounding services and products while adhering to regulatory requirements. Additionally, we’ll explore how 503A pharmacies can perform their due diligence to source compounded products from 503B outsourcing facilities, focusing on risk mitigation, quality assurance, and maintaining patient trust.
Through expert guidance and real-world examples, participants will leave equipped to enhance their pharmacy's operations while staying compliant and competitive.
Pricing
 | APC Members benefit from discounted pricing. Not a member? Click here to learn more! |
| Webinar Registration Fees | |
| APC Membership Type | Price (USD) |
| Pharmacist Member | $55.00 |
| Pharmacy Technician or Student Member | $35.00 |
| Non-member | $75.00 |
Please note: APC Members will be able to select their discounted pricing at checkout.
Intended audience
- Pharmacists & Pharmacy Technicians
Learning Objectives
Pharmacists
- Explain the legal and ethical considerations for marketing compounding services, including consideration of FDA, FTC and drug makers.
- Identify compliant marketing practices that avoid price-based appeals and emphasize clinical necessity and patient safety.
- Outline key criteria for evaluating 503B outsourcing facilities, including vendor validation, quality assurance, and adherence to FDA guidelines.
- Implement risk management strategies to safeguard patient safety and protect the pharmacy's reputation when sourcing compounded products.
- Integrate the principles of ethical marketing and responsible sourcing into everyday pharmacy operations.
Pharmacy Technicians
- Recall the legal and ethical considerations for marketing compounding services
- Recognize compliant marketing practices focused on clinical necessity and patient safety.
- Identify key criteria for evaluating 503B outsourcing facilities
- Apply risk management strategies when sourcing compounded products.
- Summarize the principles of ethical marketing and responsible sourcing
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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| 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 .
| Gina Besteman, RPh |  |
Gina Besteman, R.Ph., FAPC, is the Director of Midwest Operations at Belmar Pharma Solutions. In this role, Gina oversees sterile and nonsterile pharmacy operations at three 503a compounding pharmacies across the country. Gina herself holds 20 state pharmacist licenses. She is the incoming Chair of APC (Alliance for Pharmacy Compounding) Board of Directors for 2025.
Gina is passionate about her involvement with organizations, coalitions, committees and elected representatives to ensure patient access to compounded medications.
| Kathleen Kane, PharmD, BCSCP, DPLA |  |
Over the past Seventeen years, Dr. Kathleen Kane focused her professional career on compounding pharmacy. While working in community, institutional, and industry settings she developed extensive expertise on the evolving regulatory standards set forth by pharmacy regulatory agencies along with USP. Prior to beginning pharmacy school, Dr. Kane was a laboratory manager for an independent community compounding pharmacy where she managed operations including sterile and non-sterile compounding.
Dr. Kane graduated from Chicago State University-College of Pharmacy with a PharmD degree in 2014. During her time there she concentrated her studies on improving the focus on compounding within the curriculum. She led and assisted in the creation of compounding training videos and established CSU-COP as a competitor in the regional and national SPCC- Student Pharmacist Compounding Competition. After graduation, Dr. Kane expanded her compounding knowledge by working to prepare products for Phase 1 and Phase 2 clinical trials with a local drug manufacturer.
Currently at University of Chicago, she is working on designing and constructing cleanroom spaces that meet the new cGMP and USP standards while also maintaining compliance with compounding for the organization as a whole. Dr. Kane, achieved board certification in sterile compounding, participating in the first exam offered for this specialty.
Since that time she has been appointed to the compounded sterile preparations specialty council with BPS working to develop and review test questions for future board certification exams, and will serve as Chair for the 2025 term. Additionally she serves and has served on many committees and as a consultant for the following national organizations: APC, ISPE, ICHP, ASHP, and Lachman Consultants.
PHARMACISTS & PHARMACY TECHNICIANS
This CE Activity is accredited for Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) through CPE Consultants, LLC.
Total CPE Credits: 1 CPE Hour = 0.1 CEUs
| Type | Knowledge-based |
| UAN | 0864-9999-25-007-L07-P/T |
| Credits | 1 CPE Hour = 0.1 CEUs |
| Release Date | February 20, 2025 |
| Expiration Date | February 20, 2028 |
COMPLETION REQUIREMENTS
- Attend the live webinar in full (login and logout times will be recorded).
- Complete a learning assessment (minimum 80% passing grade, two attempts permitted) within 14 days.
- Submit a completed live event evaluation form online within 14 days.
When the aforementioned steps have been completed and approved:
- Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians registered in the United States will obtain a statement of completed credits on their NABP e-Profile within 60 days.
- Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians registered elsewhere will receive an automated email from LP3 Network advising that they can download a statement of participation.
- All participants will receive an automated email from LP3 Network advising that they can download the LP3 Network certificate of completion.
 | CPE Consultants, LLC is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. |
International participants should verify with their respective governing board for accreditation equivalency.
Please note: APC Members will be able to select their discounted pricing at checkout.
| APC Members benefit from discounted pricing. Not a member? Click here to learn more! |
| Webinar Registration Fees | |
| APC Membership Type | Price (USD) |
| Pharmacist Member | $55.00 |
| Pharmacy Technician or Student Member | $35.00 |
| Non-member | $75.00 |
By registering for this Alliance for Pharmacy Compounding (APC) webinar, you confirm that your information, including contact information, will be shared with APC for direct marketing purposes.
The webinar will be live on February 20th, 2025. Not able to attend live? You can enroll in the on-demand version.
CANCELLATION AND REFUND POLICY
There are no refunds, returns or transfers upon purchase of the webinar.