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Acknowledgments
In my opinion, inspiration is the process of being mentally stimulated to do
something creative and potentially outside one’s comfort zone. Although
supply chain management and core knowledge of the pharmaceutical
drug industry were within our comfort zone, the world of pharmacy com-
pounding was denitely outside of it. e passing of H.R. 3204 and the
reality of the Drug Quality and Security Act gave us—and the industry
professionals—a chance to learn and adapt to the new law together.
Fred: As always, a special thanks to my wife of 36 years, Karin, for her
patience and encouragement to nish the book, my h, and perhaps
t