Pharmaceutical compounding: Recent advances, lessons learned and future perspectives

Pharmacists are considered as scientists that efficiently contribute in the health care system and their role is related to the protection of the community health. They are involved into the manufacturing process, by formulating a drug into a medicine based on the good compounding practice guidelines. This scientific direction and activity are considered as added values of their contribution into the efforts for improving the social profile of health systems. The Compliance Policy Guide (CPG) provides guidance to the pharmacists to bypass the unlicensed manufacturing process and to produce safe and effective medicines. The last is well adapted to the patients' medication needs based on personalized demands under a particular prescription by a physician. It is obvious that the pharmaceutical compounding is considered as the leading area of transforming high quality raw biomaterials into a medicine, for personalized health care. The pharmacists as compounders should follow all the guidelines that are required for producing safe and effective personal medications.