From its humble origins as a textile dye, methylene blue has transformed into a versatile clinical agent with a wide range of potential applications.

Get flavoring tips for masking two bitter active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) from our flavoring expert.

Learn about the properties — including a biomarker for efficacy, known and unknown mechanisms of action and more — of minoxidil, the only FDA approved topical active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) for alopecia in men and women.

This Profile in Personalized Medicine highlights John C. Bellitti, RPh. He is the owner of HB Pharmacy in North Arlington, New Jersey. They have been a proud PCCA member since 1997.

We’ve expanded our Lipoderm family of permeation-enhancing bases and offer helpful tips, including which Lipoderm base works best for specific APIs, when compounding preparations for your patients.

Using social media to showcase your pharmacy delivers multiple benefits. Learn how to “get social” to market your pharmacy, gain insights and mark your brand’s footprint in the virtual world.

Read what we’re doing to ensure PCCA Formulas for compounding nonsterile preparations — specifically beyond-use dates — comply with USP Chapter 795 revisions.

Read more about how Canada and the U.S. regulators approach drug shortages, including duplicating approved drugs and the impacts of last winter’s drug shortages.

North America’s two largest countries, Canada and the U.S., have very different approaches to drug shortages. Read Part 1 of our two-part series to learn more about the distinctions between Health Canada and FDA regulations.

As we wind down National Arthritis Awareness Month, learn how compounders may help patients with the most common type of arthritis using compounded preparations and nutritional supplements.