Chris Fortier, PharmD
With drug shortages at an all-time high, hospital and health-system pharmacies are increasingly turning to 503B compounding pharmacies to help them meet the demand for a variety of essential medications. But hospital pharmacy leaders and 503B executives alike say these compounding facilities could be doing a lot more to mitigate shortages, if they were given more flexibility to do so.
“Responding to drug shortages should be a major role of 503Bs, but