vocabulary Flashcards
act
a law passed by the legislature
adminster
direct application (by injection, inhalation, ingestion, etc) of a drug to the body of a patient by a practitioner or his authorized agent of by the patient at the direction of the practitioner
adjudication
a formal determination or judgment
bioequivalent
term describing products which are pharmaceutical equivalents or pharmaceutical alternatives that display comparable bioavailability; the parameters evaluated regarding bioavailability are the rate and extent of absorption.
Biosimilar
biological product that is approved based on a showing that it is highly similar to an FDA-approved biological product, known as a reference product, and has no clinically meaningful differences in terms of safety and effectiveness from the reference product
Biosimilar,
interchangeable
interchangeable
An interchangeable biological product is biosimilar to an FDA-approved reference product and meets additional standards for interchangeability. An interchangeable biological product may be substituted for the reference product by a pharmacist without the intervention of the health care provider who prescribed the reference product (The following terminology may also be used: interchangeable biosimilar).
CI - CV:
denotes a controlled substance in Class I, Class II, etc., as determined in the CSA
CARA
Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (2016)
CFR:
Code of Federal Regulations
CGMP
current good manufacturing practices; the standard established by the FDA and applied to all drug manufacturers
closed system
as applied to the CSA; refers to the distribution of controlled substances among registrants only
common law
refers to law developed from decisions of the courts
compounding
Preparation, mixing, assembling, packaging, or labeling of a drug/device by a pharmacist or by a practitioner in the course of professional practice. Compounding includes the preparation of drugs/devices as the result of a practitioner order or initiative, as well as in anticipation of prescriptions of medication orders based on routine prescribing patterns.
Compounding does not include the preparation of
commercially available products from bulk compounds, or the preparation of
drugs/devices for sale to pharmacies, practitioners or any other agent for the
purpose of dispensing or distribution.
compounding quality act
Title 1 of DQSA (Drug Quality and Security Act)
csa
Controlled Substances Act; federal CSA is enforced by the DEA
DEA
Drug Enforcement Administration is under the jurisdiction of the Department of
Justice; concerned with controlled substances only
DEA Form 222
Drug Enforcement Administration Form 222 for the ordering of CI and CII controlled substances between registrants
Direct
supervision of a
pharmacist
(in Arizona) pharmacist is present
Dispense
deliver medication to an ultimate user on the lawful order of a practitioner
Distribute
deliver, other than by administering (directly to a patient by the practitioner) or dispensing (on the order/prescription of the practitioner)
DQSA
Drug Quality and Security Act. The Act has 2 titles. Title 1: Compounding Quality Act Title 2: The Drug Supply Chain Security Act
Drug
articles, recognized in the official compendium, intended for the use in the diagnosis, treatment, mitigation, cure, or prevention of disease; also articles other than food intended to affect the structure or function of the body
DSCSA
Drug Supply Chain Security Act (Title 2 of DQSA; Drug Quality and Security Act)