Compounding Pharmacies in the United States

Data show the number of compounding pharmacies in the United States in 2010. Compounding pharmacists mix raw ingredients to prepare customized medications to meet the specific needs of patients. Between 1 and 5 percent of the population needs medications that are not commercially available. For example, compounding pharmacies can prepare gluten-free and lactose-free medications, specialized hormone therapy, or specialized doses of pain medication. Of the 400 compounding pharmacies in the United States, only 76 are nationally accredited by the Pharmacy Compounding Accreditation Board.

Geographic reference: United States
Year: 2010
Market size: 400
Source: Rebecca Jones, “Custom Cures,” Wayne State, Spring 2010, page 14. The publication is accessible online here.

3 thoughts on “Compounding Pharmacies in the United States

  1. Hello,

    We’re preparing a study on the global market size (and trends) of custom compounding pharmacy market and was wondering if you could direct us to reports regarding this topic – how do we know the total market size to be 400 pharmacies (in 2010), for example? any reference?

    thank you.

    • Hello Dennis,

      We provide a full source citation in all of our posts. For your benefit, I have just added a hyperlink to this post’s source publication so you can link to it directly. In the source publication you should be able to find additional links to data that may be of use in your study.

      Wishing you success with your endeavors,

      Monique
      [One of the Editors]

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