Proud of Our Past - Shaping the Future

In May 1879, 18 pharmacists met in the backroom of a Dallas drug store and formed the Texas State Pharmaceutical Association. Their goal was simple: to improve the quality of drugs and pharmaceutical services in Texas. We’ve been the state’s leading advocate for pharmacy ever since.

Today, TPA serves almost 4,000 members practicing in all areas of pharmacy, including community pharmacies, hospitals, long-term care facilities, education, manufacturing and distribution. We are the strongest voice speaking for all Texas pharmacy professionals and national leaders in lobbying, continuing education and practice innovation. As Rxperts, we are transforming the patient-pharmacist relationship and empowering today’s pharmacists to be effective health-care advisors.

Serving and Growing Membership
We will be the preeminent association serving Texas pharmacists, technicians and students:

• Education & Resources
• Member Conections & Social Networks
• Publications, Web site & Member Communications
• Effective Member Recruitment & Retention
• An Entrepreneurial Approach to Providing Products & Services

Influencing Public Policy & Advocacy
We will be the pre-eminent Texas association in protecting the pharmacy profession and benefiting patient outcomes:

• A Strong & Effective Advocacy/Lobbying Team
• A Strong Political Action Committee – PharmPAC – to support the legislative friends of pharmacy
• Uniting the Profession & Building Effective Coalitionsn Leaders
• Professional Staffing & Staff Development

Advancing Pharmacy Through Public Awareness
We will strengthen public awareness of pharmacy’s value to advance the patient outcomes and the profession:

• Advancing the Rxperts Brand and Designation
• Patient-Focused Consumer Initiatives that Improve Patient Outcomes & Advance Smart, Healthy Living

Maintaining a Model Association
We will be a nationally recognized association respected for its resources, leadership and professional workforce:

• Financial Strength Supported by Revenue Diversification, Dedicated Reserves & Fund-raising campaigns
• A Strong Texas Pharmacy Foundation
• A Governance Structure that is Efficient & Strategically Focused
• Development of Current & Future Association Leaders
• Professional Staffing & Staff Development

What's an Rxpert

Rxperts - TPA’s patient-focused pharmacy professionals - have a vital message that will help patients improve their health and better manage their own care. This message has the power to transform the patient-pharmacist relationship, empower pharmacy professionals to improve adherence and outcomes, and transform the public image of pharmacy.

The Rxperts of Texas Pharmacy Association are redefining the role of pharmacy in Texas.
Our patient-centered Smart, Healthy Living initiatives are changing public perceptions
and attracting a new generation of pharmacists eager to meet the challenges head-on.

An Rxpert is not just a medication expert. An Rxpert is a health-care practitioner who is empowered and committed to improve patient wellness. An Rxpert:

• Is committed to innovative, patient-focused care;
• Values MTM as critical to improving patient outcomes;
• Views focused CE as central to professional expertise and growth; and
• Knows that constant advocacy is critical to the advancement of pharmacy.

We are uniting Texas pharmacy to engage patients and improve outcomes while advancing pharmacists as full partners in health care.

American Society of Consultant Pharmacists

The vision of the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists is optimal medication management and improved health outcomes for all older persons.

The American Society of Consultant Pharmacists empowers pharmacists to enhance quality of care for all older persons through the appropriate use of medication and the promotion of healthy aging.

Core Strengths

• Knowledge and skills in geriatric pharmacotherapy and the unique medication-related needs of seniors and long-term care residents
• Expertise in long-term care settings for the frail at-risk elderly
• Patient-centered advocate for seniors at-risk for medication-related problems

In their role as medication therapy experts, consultant and senior care pharmacists:

• Hold their patients' interest above all others
• Take responsibility for their patients’ medication-related needs
• Ensure that their patients’ medications are the most appropriate, the most effective, the safest possible, and are used correctly; and
• Identify, resolve, and prevent medication-related problems that may interfere with the goals of therapy.

ASCP's 7,000+ members manage and improve drug therapy and improve the quality of life of geriatric patients and other individuals residing in a variety of environments, including nursing facilities, subacute care and assisted living facilities, psychiatric hospitals, hospice programs, and home and community-based care. In addition, 4,500+ pharmacy student members of ASCP demonstrate their identification with and support of ASCP's mission and vision to serve seniors wherever they reside.

Evaluate Key Areas of Compliance for Inspection Readiness, Navigate Regulatory Complexities and Discover Innovative Technologies and Solutions

Industry’s leading event for compounding professionals, Compounding Pharmacy Compliance shows an in-depth look into key areas for compliance and proven strategies to strengthen compounding systems to ensure inspection readiness. As the regulatory landscape evolves, navigate updated quality standards and evaluate innovative solutions with the top regulators and industry minds. This conference provides insights into best practices for processes, protocols and facility improvements, sterility and stability testing and data analysis through informative presentations, panel discussions, case studies and breakout discussions. A must-attend for all compounding professionals.

Discuss Critical Topics Affecting the Ever-Evolving Drug Compounding Landscape:

• Panel Discussion: USP Revisions – Updates and Impacts of 795, 797 and 800
• What to Expect When You are Inspected
• State Boards Perspectives on Compounding Regulations
• FDA Current Landscape – Priorities and Policies for Drug Compounding
• Analysis of Varying Types of Management Systems

PLUS! Customize Your Learning Specific to Your Needs with Tracked Programming (Choose from A or B, and C or D):

A. Intermediate Level

1. a. Strategies to Optimize Facility Design and Engineering
2. b. Product Compliance – Lab Testing and Quality Assurance
3. c. Best Practices and Safety Tips for Drug Compounding
4. d. Implementing a Rapid Sterility Method in a Compounding Pharmacy Laboratory

B. Senior Level

1. a. Hazardous Drug Handling and Risk Assessment
2. b. Viable Sampling Ready
3. c. Achieving Category 3 beyond-Use Dating
4. d. Aseptic Compounding and Processing – Short and Long-Term Approaches

C. 503A Track

1. a. Key Vendor Qualifications when Contracting with 503Bs
2. b. Viable Sampling Ready
3. c. Achieving Category 3 beyond-Use Dating
4. d. Aseptic Compounding and Processing – Short and Long-Term Approaches

D. 503B Track

1. a. The Definition of Insanity – 503B Pitfalls that Just Keep Happening and How to Break the Cycle
2. b. Regulatory Implementations Surrounding 503B Compounding

E. And more!

For more details and to register you and your team, visit https://informaconnect.com/compounding-pharmacy-compliance/

The Virtual Pharmacy Trade Show

The Virtual Pharmacy Trade Show is pharmacy's one-stop destination to research and connect with leading providers of products and services throughout every segment of pharmacy. Due to our accessibility, relevance, and focus, more than 50,000 annual visitors depend on the Virtual Pharmacy Trade Show to conduct preliminary and advanced research on industry leaders.

Federation of American Hospitals

FAH Public Policy Conference and Business Exposition

The annual Federation of American Hospitals (FAH) Public Policy Conference and Business Exposition is widely regarded as one of the health industry’s finest health policy events.

The FAH Conference features addresses by leaders in government, the business community and the media, as well as participation by those who manage on a day-to-day basis the government programs that are critical to the industry.

The nationally acclaimed FAH Business Exposition brings together representatives from the Provider and Supplier communities, affording them the opportunity to interact and conduct business while participating in continuing education programs.

ATTENDEES: Senior executives from multi-hospital system management companies and hospitals; representatives from health care group purchasing organizations (GPOs) and integrated delivery network organizations (IDNs); and, health care suppliers, manufacturers and distributors.

BENEFITS FOR SUPPLIERS:This event affords numerous opportunities to meet directly with representatives from GPOs and IDNs all in one location -- a "one-stop shopping" for your business requirements. In these challenging economic times many companies are utilizing the FAH Business Exposition as their first quarter, and in some cases their second quarter, travel budget. As an added value, the buyer group is the exhibitor, consequently, there are no booth or product shipping costs on the part of supplier companies.

For further details regarding the FAH Public Policy Conference and Business Exposition, please call 202-624-1500.

Alliance for Pharmacy Compounding

The Voice for Pharmacy Compounding

APC represents compounding pharmacists and technicians in both 503A and 503B settings, as well as prescribers, educators, patients, and suppliers.

Our passion for compounding is fueled by our members’ passion for their patients — and the medications they create. APC is focused on strategies to assure that millions of patients can continue to access those compounded medications.

Our commitment — not only to our dues-paying members but also to their patients — is to lead, to influence, to speak, and to serve so that the practice of pharmacy compounding is not merely preserved but is elevated as a key component of health care delivery for millions of patients across America.

APC members subscribe to the Pharmacy Compounders Code of Ethics, comprised of 10 tenets that guide their professional, clinical, and business practices.

APC members play a vital role in the American healthcare system and in individual patients’ lives, preparing essential personalized medications for a range of issues, including autism, oncology, dermatology, ophthalmology, pediatrics, women’s health, and more.

Through its ally grassroots organization, the Partnership for Personalized Prescriptions, APC represents more than 150,000 patients, compounding professionals, prescribers, and others.

APC is committed to ensuring the rights of physicians to prescribe, of pharmacists to prepare, and of patients to take personalized medication solutions to meet their unique health care needs.