Compounding Matters Quarterly - Spring 2015

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IACP FOUNDATION HISTORY by Lisa D. Ashworth, BS Pharm, RPh Will Rogers said, “If you want to be successful, it’s just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing. “ This is why, in 1991, a group of passionate compounding pharmacists formed Professionals and Patients for Customized Care (P2C2). Originally consisting of less than 300 members, its mission was to protect the birthright of pharmacy, the practice of compounding. In 1996, P2C2 changed its name to the International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists (IACP), expanded its mission and scope, and had grown to almost 4,000 pharmacist, technician and student pharmacist members. In hitting the stride of those teenage years, IACP was seeing constant change in the highly complex and everevolving world of the art and science of compounding medications for humans and animals, not unlike today, this shifting landscape presented challenges. In the Spring of 2003, the IACP Board established the non-profit IACP Foundation to acquire its own physical space for IACP and the IACP Foundation offices (that was housed at Professional Compounding Centers of America (PCCA) since its inception) and pursue growth along with endeavors to provide scientific data supporting compounding. The “Bricks, Mortar and Pestle: Building a Foundation for the Future” Capital Campaign was launched to raise $1.5 million for the new facility as well as establish an endowment to support research and education for the profession of pharmacy, specifically compounding. One million dollars would go to secure or acquire a building for IACP to establish a permanent home and prepare for growth as well as honor achievement within our profession and $500,000 to establish an endowment. Protection and advancement of the compounding profession were of the utmost importance. As the first-ever permanent endowment in the field of compounding pharmacy, the Foundation pledged to fund research studies and develop programs to: • Raise awareness with consumers and healthcare professionals of the critical role compounding pharmacists play in promoting patient health • Develop and validate best practices for pharmacy compounding • Promote studies to ensure employee safety and quality of medications (e.g. effectiveness, stability) • Advocate for basic scholastic education and training necessary for compounding in pharmacy school / college curriculums • Promote programs that facilitate interested students to pursue a career in this profession (e.g. scholarships) • Enhance the credibility and reputation of pharmacy compounding The support from the compounding community was phenomenal, the goal of $1.5 million was met…and exceeded. In a suite at the Washington Court Hotel, Washington, DC in the summer of 2003, a group of around 40 pharmacists who were passionate advocates for compounded medications convened to establish the Research arm for the Foundation. Our goals were to develop a grant application process, determine what kinds of studies we wanted to fund and when we were going to start distributing funding. 20 Spring 2015 | IACPRx.org/Publications
Over the last 12 years, the endowment has been used in ways to educate the public and healthcare professionals in an effort to maintain the profession’s viability. Did you know that just about every pharmacy compounds? Most retail pharmacists compound something at some point, hospitals and homecare pharmacists may do both sterile and nonsterile, even prisons and jails may have a pharmacy owned by the government that employs pharmacists that compound necessary medications. Hospital ships, military installation hospitals or floating hospitals, the veterans affairs, even the mail order PBMs, nuclear and Positron Emission Tomography (PET) pharmacies, research facilities (including BIG Pharma research facilities), the National Institutes of Health, AND let’s not forget our animal companions who need sterile and nonsterile medications compounded that are supplied by veterinary schools, veterinarian, veterinarian offices, and retail pharmacies all compound. Education about how to compound, quality of all compounds, testing, stability, etc. is of the utmost importance to the IACP Foundation. In June 2004 the Foundation started an annual fundraiser aptly titled the “RxMixer” and dubbed, “A Party with A Purpose.” Since that time more than $1.6 million dollars have been raised to sustain the endowment and fund research and educational grants. Through lawsuits such as the Western States vs Tommy Thompson with the Supreme Court Ruling, Midland States vs FDA, split on estriol and the current demands from payers to provide evidence for use of compounded preparations the Foundation continues to educate patients, patient caregivers, prescribers, and pharmacists to the benefit of compounded medications. Personalized medications are becoming more personalized in both the human and animal world, and most have to be compounded. Compounding is not going away. Many people have played many roles in the formation and growth of the IACP Foundation. The original committee in 2003 consisted of: John Preckshot and Kathy Jackson as Co-Chairs John was the Lead for Campaign Development with two committees: • Facilities Committee—Lead by Eric Vidrine with members of Dean King, Chuck Leiter, and Phil Pylant. • Public Relations, Marketing & Advertising Committee— Lead by Peter Ford with members of Patricia Paget, Shelley Capps, and Patti Storey Kathy was the Lead for Solicitation with three committees: • Membership—Lead by Matt Kopacki with members of Mike Stein, Jim Paoletti, Ray Moreno and Eldon Armstrong • Stakeholders—Lead by Mike Leake with members of Mike Jones, Ron Petrin and Tom Marks • Foundations – Lead by Bill Letendre with member Leo Blais Keeping track of this ever evolving landscape is a challenge. The IACP Foundation and its committees are focused on providing education and research support to patients, prescribers, pharmacists, and students who are studying to become prescribers and pharmacists through scholarships to attend meetings and grants for research. “Rewind: Back to the 80’s” and join us at this year’s RxMixer – “A Party With A Purpose” to raise funds for a good cause and have fun at the same time on Sunday, June 7, 2015 in Washington D.C. during Compounders on Capitol Hill (CCH). In the next issues read more about the IACP Foundation: Part II – History of the RxMixer and the celebration of 15 years in 2019 Part III – History of Research and Education funded References: Lisa D. Ashworth, BS Pharm, RPh is the Compounding Specialist and Clinical Pharmacist at Children’s Health System of Texas. She is President of the IACP Foundation and has worked in the pharmacy industry for over 35 years. IACP Foundation. Bricks Mortar & Pestle: Building A Foundation For The Future Campaign Brochure. 2003. 2003 Annual Meeting & Compounders on Capitol Hill, An Official Publication of the International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists. 2003 2015_RxMixer_.25pgAD_3.5x4.625_ad_rx_Layout 1 9/30/14 12:55 PM Page 1 B E N E F I T I N G T H E I A C P F O U N D A T I O N 11TH ANNUAL RX MIXER PRESENTS: SUNDAY, JUNE 7, 2015 6:30PM – MIDNIGHT RENAISSANCE WASHINGTON, D.C. ©2014 International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists Foundation. All rights reserved. 106.14.151 IACPF Rx Mixer – 1/4 Page 4/c Ad (3.5 x 4.625”) • bertsDesign 713.825.5002 IACPRx.org/Publications | Spring 2015 21
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