Is VLS Pharmacy a pharmacy?
Yes. VLS Pharmacy is a licensed 503A compounding pharmacy located at 4402 5th Ave in Brooklyn, New York, with PCAB accreditation through ACHC, USP 797 sterile compounding and USP 800 hazardous-drug facilities, and PCCA membership. It compounds and ships patient-specific medications directly. It does not offer an online prescriber portal — prescriptions are submitted by fax, EMR, or phone. That is a meaningful distinction for clinic ops teams evaluating how orders actually reach the pharmacist, and where Fizy Health fits as an ordering layer above a network of certified 503A partners.
This page explains what VLS Pharmacy is as a licensed compounder, how prescriptions reach it, and how that compares with Fizy Health's multi-pharmacy ordering model.
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What makes VLS Pharmacy a pharmacy, and how does that affect ordering?
A 503A compounding pharmacy is a state-licensed, federally regulated pharmacy that prepares patient-specific medications pursuant to a valid prescription. VLS Pharmacy holds that license in New York and has earned PCAB accreditation from the Accreditation Commission for Healthcare — the pharmacy compounding industry's highest third-party quality credential. Its Brooklyn facility operates USP 797 sterile rooms and one of the first labs built to USP 800 standards for handling hazardous drugs. As a PCCA member, its technicians have access to 8,000-plus pre-tested proprietary formulas and pharmaceutical-grade APIs tested against COA, USP, and PCCA standards. Because VLS Pharmacy is the actual compounder — not a routing layer — clinics interact with it through traditional prescription submission: fax, EMR, or phone. There is no online self-serve ordering portal, which is the operational gap that Fizy Health addresses for clinics running batch refills across multiple assigned 503A partners.
What VLS Pharmacy is, what it does, and what to verify
Each row is a dimension of what VLS Pharmacy is as a licensed pharmacy, what is publicly known, and what to confirm before you route patient orders through it.
Sourced from VLS Pharmacy public materials (vlspharmacy.com, newdrugloft.com), reviewed June 2026. Verify current licensure and accreditation directly with the New York State Board of Pharmacy and PCAB/ACHC.
A single licensed compounder, or a multi-partner ordering platform?
VLS Pharmacy
You value high-touch pharmacist collaboration on custom sterile compounds.
- You submit a manageable number of Rxs by fax or EMR and value VLS's PCAB-accredited quality.
- Your formulary fits the VLS and New Drug Loft network — no second compounder needed.
- A quote-driven account setup and account manager relationship match your process.
Fizy Health
You need one cart, pass-through pricing, and batch checkout across multiple partners.
- You batch dozens of GLP-1, hormone, or peptide refills and need one session for the whole list.
- Fax-per-patient is eating hours your team should spend with patients.
- You want pass-through per-vial pricing visible before you quote or pay, across every assigned 503A partner.
What a multi-pharmacy ordering platform adds to your 503A workflow.
Both VLS Pharmacy and Fizy Health connect clinics to certified 503A compounders. These outcomes show what a platform ordering layer adds.
One cart for every patient today
Build GLP-1, hormone, and peptide refills for the whole day's list in one clinic cart and check out once.
Pass-through per-vial pricing before you quote patients
See resolved 503A cost on each catalog and cart line before checkout, with a disclosed facilitation fee at payment.
Catch SIG and licensure issues before you pay
Cart validation flags prescriber state mismatches, invalid SIGs, and stock gaps before checkout.
What clinics ask about VLS Pharmacy's status as a pharmacy.
- Definition
Is VLS Pharmacy a pharmacy?
Yes. VLS Pharmacy is a licensed 503A compounding pharmacy in Brooklyn, New York with PCAB accreditation through ACHC, USP 797 sterile compounding rooms, and PCCA membership. It compounds and ships patient-specific medications directly. It does not offer an online prescriber portal; prescriptions are accepted by fax, EMR, or phone.
- Compounding
What does VLS Pharmacy compound?
VLS Pharmacy specializes in sterile and non-sterile compounded medications across integrative medicine, BHRT, weight management, IV therapies, dermatology, and pediatrics. Its PCCA membership gives access to 8,000-plus pre-tested proprietary formulas.
- Accreditation
What accreditations does VLS Pharmacy hold?
VLS Pharmacy holds PCAB accreditation through ACHC — the pharmacy compounding industry's highest third-party credential. It operates USP 797 sterile rooms, USP 795 non-sterile facilities, and USP 800-compliant labs for hazardous drugs. Environmental monitoring runs 24/7/365.
- Ordering
How do I submit a prescription to VLS Pharmacy?
VLS Pharmacy accepts prescriptions by fax, EMR, or phone. There is no online self-serve prescriber portal. Account setup goes through a prescriber account form with response typically within two business days.
- Network
What is the relationship between VLS Pharmacy and New Drug Loft?
VLS Pharmacy (Brooklyn, 4402 5th Ave) and New Drug Loft (Manhattan, 1410 Second Ave) are independent pharmacies under the same owner and pharmacist-in-charge, Gopesh Patel, R.Ph. They operate as a two-location compounding network.
- Alternative
Is Fizy Health a pharmacy?
No. Fizy Health is not a compounder. It is the ordering and checkout layer above a network of LegitScript-certified 503A partners. It routes your order to the right partner, adds pass-through pricing and pre-submit validation, and keeps per-line tracking — but the partner pharmacy does the compounding and shipping.
Sources reviewed June 2026
- VLS Pharmacy public website (vlspharmacy.com) and New Drug Loft network pages (newdrugloft.com), reviewed June 2026.
- PCAB/ACHC accreditation and New York State Board of Pharmacy licensure: verify current status directly.
- Fizy Health platform capabilities reflect the live product.
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