The Board of Pharmacy has approved draft sterile compounding regulations to conform with the new USP standards. These regulations will require a public hearing and comments and review by the Governor before they are finalized.
Also in Massachusetts, an APS (Automated Pharmacy Systems) that meets all the requirements of the policy, and having been approved by the Board, is considered an extension of the pharmacy’s licensed area whether its location is contiguous or non-contiguous to the pharmacy. As a reminder, one of the policy’s requirements is that the APS must be at the same physical address as the pharmacy. Please see the updated policy 2022-07 relative to Automated Pharmacy Systems.
For more information, please contact NACDS’ Ben Pearlman at 617-515-2603.