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Empower Pharmacy (Empower)

Accredited compounding pharmacy and FDA-registered outsourcing facility

empowerpharmacy.com

Headquarters: Houston, United States
Founded year: 2009
Company type: Private company
Number of employees: 1,000–5,000
Industry: Pharmaceuticals

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Latest news about Empower Pharmacy (Empower)

In short: Empower faced intense media scrutiny over drug contamination concerns and legal challenges while undergoing significant staff reductions.

Company announcements

July 22 Empower

Empower makes all employees owners of the company

Shaun Noorian explains this ownership principle in a company announcement.

July 20 Empower

Empower criticizes proposed SAFE Drugs Act caps

The Act would limit compounded medications and delay inspections, reducing patient access.

July 14 Empower

Empower Pharmacy supports adding seven bulk drug substances to the 503A list

It submitted comments to the FDA's Pharmacy Compounding Advisory Committee advocating for inclusion of peptides like BPC-157 and Semax.

July 10 Empower

Empower issues statement on FDA peptide vote

The committee recommended six of seven peptides for Category 1 inclusion, preserving regulated compounding access.

Media coverage

July 22 Forbes

Peptides May Soon Be Legal. These Companies Are Ready To Cash In

Compounding pharmacies and telehealth companies are preparing for a potential bonanza as the FDA panel considers legalizing seven peptides.

June 26 Houston Chronicle

Key takeaways from a Chronicle examination of Empower Pharmacy

Compounding pharmacies don't have to disclose reports of patient harm to the FDA. Nor do they have to abide by the stringent manufacturing standards that...

June 25 Houston Chronicle

Empower Pharmacy faces few consequences despite repeated 'contamination' concerns from the FDA

Even after numerous FDA warnings, the agency hasn't stopped Empower Pharmacy from producing drugs at a scale rarely — if ever — seen in the...

June 24 Houston Chronicle

Drug compounding was meant for individual patients. Houston-based Empower Pharmacy serves 70K a week.

According to internal financial records, the pharmacy dispensed nearly 3 million individual prescriptions to patients nationwide during the first 10 months of 2024, drawing $311...

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