COMPOUNDING QUALITY ACT

The Compounding Quality Act (CQA) brought significant changes to compounding pharmacies in the United States. The changes made by the CQA include the introduction of a new category of compounders, outsourcing facilities, that compound sterile medications. An outsourcing facility compounds sterile drugs for use by healthcare providers or for use by individual patients. Below are […]

In late 2013, the U.S. Congress passed the Compounding Quality Act (“CQA”). This Act provides for additional FDA oversight of compounding pharmacies. However, this oversight change has brought up new questions for pharmacies and how it affects their compounding operations. What Is The Compounding Quality Act? The CQA is Title I of the larger Drug […]