{"name":"Compounding Pharmacy Verification Registry","description":"The authoritative public tools needed to verify pharmacy identity, licenses, federal claims, inspections, recalls, and online-pharmacy status.","snapshotId":"2026-08-26","updatedAt":"2026-08-26","cadence":"Monthly","license":"CC BY 4.0","methodology":["Use regulator-owned lookup tools.","Match exact legal name and facility address.","Distinguish 503A state-licensed pharmacies from 503B outsourcing facilities.","Review registration, inspection, recall, and warning information separately."],"columns":[{"key":"check","label":"Check","definition":"The verification step."},{"key":"authority","label":"Authority","definition":"Owner of the authoritative lookup."},{"key":"applies_to","label":"Applies to","definition":"Facility or risk category covered."},{"key":"proves","label":"What it proves","definition":"Narrow conclusion supported by the lookup."},{"key":"does_not_prove","label":"What it does not prove","definition":"Conclusion that must not be inferred."},{"key":"source_id","label":"Source","definition":"Source ledger identifier."}],"rows":[{"check":"Current 503B registration","authority":"FDA","applies_to":"503B outsourcing facilities","proves":"Facility appears on current registration list","does_not_prove":"Drug approval or full compliance","source_id":"fda-503b-list"},{"check":"Inspection and enforcement history","authority":"FDA","applies_to":"503A and 503B facilities with listed actions","proves":"Public FDA actions tied to facility","does_not_prove":"Absence of every state or private action","source_id":"fda-actions"},{"check":"State pharmacy license","authority":"State board of pharmacy","applies_to":"State-licensed pharmacies","proves":"License status in that jurisdiction","does_not_prove":"Federal registration or product approval","source_id":"fda-compounding-overview"},{"check":"Online pharmacy safety","authority":"NABP Safe Pharmacy","applies_to":"Online pharmacy websites","proves":"Results from NABP consumer verification resources","does_not_prove":"Suitability of an individual prescription","source_id":"nabp-safe-pharmacy"},{"check":"Meaning of 503B registration","authority":"FDA","applies_to":"Claims that a facility is ‘FDA registered’","proves":"The legal meaning and limits of registration","does_not_prove":"That a compounded product is FDA-approved","source_id":"fda-503b-qa"}],"sources":[{"id":"fda-503b-list","title":"Registered Outsourcing Facilities","publisher":"U.S. Food and Drug Administration","url":"https://www.fda.gov/drugs/human-drug-compounding/registered-outsourcing-facilities","accessedAt":"2026-08-25","sourceType":"regulatory"},{"id":"fda-actions","title":"Compounding: Inspections, Recalls, and Other Actions","publisher":"U.S. Food and Drug Administration","url":"https://www.fda.gov/drugs/human-drug-compounding/compounding-inspections-recalls-and-other-actions","accessedAt":"2026-08-25","sourceType":"regulatory"},{"id":"fda-compounding-overview","title":"Human Drug Compounding","publisher":"U.S. Food and Drug Administration","url":"https://www.fda.gov/drugs/guidance-compliance-regulatory-information/human-drug-compounding","accessedAt":"2026-08-26","sourceType":"regulatory"},{"id":"nabp-safe-pharmacy","title":"Safe Pharmacy consumer verification resources","publisher":"National Association of Boards of Pharmacy","url":"https://safe.pharmacy/","accessedAt":"2026-08-26","sourceType":"regulatory"},{"id":"fda-503b-qa","title":"Questions and Answers: Outsourcing Facility Registration","publisher":"U.S. Food and Drug Administration","url":"https://www.fda.gov/drugs/human-drug-compounding/questions-and-answers-outsourcing-facility-registration","accessedAt":"2026-08-25","sourceType":"regulatory"}],"findings":[{"id":"finding-1","text":"Registration, licensure, inspection history, and product documentation answer different questions.","url":"https://formblends.com/report/data/pharmacy-verification-registry#finding-1"},{"id":"finding-2","text":"FDA explicitly warns that 503B registration is not drug approval or a finding of complete compliance.","url":"https://formblends.com/report/data/pharmacy-verification-registry#finding-2"},{"id":"finding-3","text":"Exact facility identity matters because corporate names and locations can have different records.","url":"https://formblends.com/report/data/pharmacy-verification-registry#finding-3"}],"caveats":["State boards maintain their own systems and update schedules.","A clean search result is not a guarantee of product quality or clinical fit."],"attribution":"FormBlends Research, Compounding Pharmacy Verification Registry, snapshot 2026-08-26"}