Wedgewood Pharmacy and Vetsource Partner to Add Thousands of Commonly Prescribed Compounded Medications to the Vetsource Home-Delivery Platform

SWEDESBORO, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Wedgewood Pharmacy, the largest U.S. compounding pharmacy specializing in animal health, and Vetsource^®, the only veterinary industry-endorsed Home-Delivery pharmacy provider, have partnered to add thousands of commonly prescribed compounded medications to Vetsource’s Home-Delivery catalog. Much of Wedgewood’s formulary will be available to veterinarians and pet owners with prescription orders through the Vetsource platform by late Spring 2018.

Wedgewood Pharmacy, based in Swedesboro, New Jersey, makes customized medications for people, their pets, and their horses when commercially available drugs cannot meet their needs. Compounded medications are dispensed under prescriptions written by physicians, veterinarians, and other legally authorized prescribers, and are created and prepared by specially trained pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.

Vetsource provides innovative pharmacy, technology, and business services to more than 8,000 veterinary practices across the country. As the only industry-endorsed Home-Delivery pharmacy provider, it sources quality medications and nutrition products directly from the manufacturers and ships them right to pet owners’ front doors. Using Vetsource’s mobile-optimized ScriptRight^® ePrescribing tool, veterinarians can write, review, and approve prescriptions from any web-enabled device—even when they are away from the practice. Pet owners also can use Vetsource’s tools through their veterinarians’ online stores to request prescription refills and order nutritional and over-the-counter healthcare products.

Marcy A. Bliss, Wedgewood Pharmacy’s president and CEO, said, “We’ve gained our position as the largest, most trusted animal-health compounding pharmacy in the United States because we focus on helping our customers order and prescribe quality compounded preparations whenever and however they want. Our partnership with Vetsource allows veterinarians to access our extensive formulary of high-quality compounded preparations through a rapidly growing channel. We receive those prescription orders directly into our system for preparation, quality control, and shipment. This is one more way in which we keep our promise of Great Care. Delivered.”

Kurt D. Green, president and CEO of Vetsource, added, “Prescribing customized prescription medications is essential to every veterinary practice. Our partnership with Wedgewood Pharmacy allows us to greatly expand our offering of compounded medications through our Home-Delivery program to help our partner practices run better businesses, deliver better care, and personalize their clients’ experiences via an eCommerce platform they increasingly prefer.”

In its 36 years, Wedgewood Pharmacy has grown from a local community pharmacy to become the largest animal-health compounding pharmacy in the United States. A leading company in animal health, Wedgewood Pharmacy serves more than 30,000 prescribers and hundreds of thousands of patients throughout the U.S. every year with customized animal-health and human-health prescriptions. In June 2016, Chicago-based New Harbor Capital became the majority owner of the company. George (late) and Lucy Malmberg, both pharmacists, purchased Wedgewood Pharmacy in 1981; the pharmacy was founded in 1980.

Wedgewood Pharmacy is accredited by the Pharmacy Compounding Accreditation Board (PCAB^®) for compliance with PCAB pharmacy compounding accreditation standards. PCAB was formed by eight of the nation’s leading pharmacy associations and is a service of Accreditation Commission for Health Care. As a third-party accreditation organization, PCAB has developed the highest national standards against which providers are measured to illustrate their ability to effectively and efficiently deliver quality compounded medications to consumers. The company employs more than 300 people in its 53,000-square-foot state-of-the-art compounding pharmacy.

Vetsource^® provides innovative pharmacy, technology, and business services to more than 8,000 veterinary practices across the country. It provides human-grade institutional pharmacy products sourced directly from the manufacturers and shipped to clients’ front doors. Vetsource’s Home-Delivery services, including AutoShip and RemindMe^SM, empower practices and their clients to schedule medications and nutritional products—including individual doses—for convenient Home-Delivery with no shipping charges. At the same time, practices benefit from improved compliance, enhanced client relationships, and better control over providing the prescriptions and health care products their clients need.