Compounding Pharmacies

I received this e-mail from a compounding pharmacist and thought I should pass it along to you. I have no financial interest in this or any pharmacy.
JCF

My name is Tim Dannehy and I am a compounding pharmacist at Fallon Wellness Pharmacy in Latham, NY. I was happy to see your blog re:797 standards for sterile compounding. According to the standards a 45 day expiration date may be given to a low risk compound i.e. Avastin if the product passes a sterility test. I recommend that physicians ask their pharmacy for a copy of these sterility results and insist that they are done by an outside lab. Current in house testing kits only test the product in one medium (tryptic soy broth). This medium does not support the growth of all organisms, therefore, a negative result does not ensure absolute sterility.
Any pharmacy that is giving their product an expiration date past 14 days without an outside lab sterility test is putting the patient, the physician and themselves at risk. We have just started our Avastin program and will have our product tested by a 3rd party in order to give it a 45 day expiration. I would love for our pharmacy to be on your recommendation list. Our information is as follows:
Fallon Wellness Pharmacy
1057 Troy-Schenectady Rd.
Latham, N.Y. 12110
Phone 1-800-890-1137 ext. 110 or
518-220-9008 ext.110
Fax 518 220-5004
NYS Board of Pharmacy Phone 518-474-3817 ext. 130