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What is Adulteration in pharmacy law?
- Basically issues that when a substance is mixed or packaged alters the quailty or strength
What are the Eight main summarys that define “Adulteration”?
- Filthy, Putrid, Decomposed [expired or contaminated]
- Using insanitary conditions [bad temps, environement]
- NOT using good manufacturing processes
- Container is not good material
- Unsafe Coloring agents
- DOES NOT meet offical standards
- Mixed to reduce quaility
- NO Inspections
What does the FDA do in terms of Adultertion?
Like when do they check?
- Cant really check processes BUT…
- Can check facilities, warehouses, containers, testing logs
- Focus on Prevention of adulteration rather than removing the products
What are Current Good Manufacturing Practices?
- Regulations that establish minimum requirements for making drug products for human/animals to use
What is Misbranded in Pharmacy Law?
- Issues that are dealing with the label and labeling of the product
What are some of the concepts that defines Misbranding?
- False or Misleading Labels
- Manufacturer/Quaility info missing
- Information on prominently displayed
- NO Established Names
- Wrong directions/warnings
- Packaging violates PPPA
- REMS not followed…
What is compounding?
- Combining two or more drugs to make one
What are the 2 types of compounding?
- Pharmacy Compounding
- Bulk Compounding [Outsourcing Facilities]
What does it mean when its “Pharmacy or Traditional Compounding” (503A)?
- Creating small batches for specific patinets
- EXEMPT from cGMP, some misbranding, and new drug requirements
What are the three elements that a compound made through Pharmacy or Traditional methods must me to be real?
- MUST be for ONE patient
- Based off of Physician judgement
- Made by Pharmacist
What are compounds that are made from Traditional (503A) Facilities exempt from?
- cGMP; because they are making a single batch NOT bulk
- Some Misbranding; must follow labeling and NOT manufacturer
- New Drug Requirements; they arent studied
How are Outsourcing Facilities (503B) define as?
- Pharmacies or non-pharmacies that compound without prescriptions or orders
- “the compounding, admixing, mixing, diluting pooling, reconstituting, or just altering a drug”
What are some of the requirements that have to be on a 503B compounded drug?
- Saying “This is compounded”
- Name, Address, Phone
- Lot number and Batch
- Dosage and Strength
- Experation or BUD
- Handling
- ETC…
What are the classes of devices and when did they become classified?
- Class I, II, III
- New devices marketed after 1976
What is a class I device?
- NOT used for supporting or sustaining life & NOT risk illness or injury
- Low to Mod risk devices
- i.e.: Stethoscopes, Scissors, Elastic Bandages, Tootbrushes