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by Maria Carvalho, PharmD, MRPharmS, PhD, Manager of PCCA Science
PCCA SuspendIt is a contemporary suspending vehicle that offers convenience and dosing flexibility for compounded medications. Throughout the years, the stability of standardized formulations for SuspendIt oral liquids has been studied and validated by PCCA, Eagle Analytical Services and other institutions, such as the College of Pharmacy at Xavier University of Louisiana (XULA).
PCCA SuspendIt is now featured in several United States Pharmacopeia (USP) monographs and it is currently one of the most studied oral vehicles in the compounding industry.
This year, the 80th FIP (International Pharmaceutical Federation) World Congress of Pharmacy Congress was held in Seville, from September 18-22, in collaboration with the 22nd Spanish National Pharmacy Congress. Together, there were more than 7,000 participants from over 100 countries attending both congresses, an impressive turnout!
To mark the special celebration of the 80th FIP World Congress, PCCA presented a scientific poster summarizing the validated stability studies for 40 pediatric oral liquids. This was a great opportunity to demonstrate the science behind PCCA SuspendIt and the quality of the validated stability studies. Our research attracted a lot of attention from pharmacists worldwide who recognized the need to prepare palatable, uniform and stable oral liquids, particularly for pediatric patients.
PCCA members can access Scientific Publications and Formula Plus™ Studies on the PCCA Science webpage. PCCA members can also contact us at pccascience@pccarx.com.
Maria Carvalho, PharmD, MRPharmS, PhD, is the Manager of PCCA Science. She is a certified pharmacist in Portugal and the United Kingdom with a PhD in pharmaceutical compounding from the University College of London (UCL). Maria has worked in community pharmacy, hospital pharmacy and the pharmaceutical industry in Europe and the United States. She was a teaching assistant at the UCL School of Pharmacy (UK) and an invited teacher at the University Fernando Pessoa (Portugal). Maria has authored and co-authored many scientific publications, including the book Compounding Practices in Europe (ISBN-10:149236925X).