Rich Kruzynski, R.Ph PharMedium Services, LLC

Rich Kruzynski, R. Ph, M.B.A. is the President of PharMEDium Services, LLC in Lake Forest, IL He has over 30 years of experience in the healthcare industry. Under his leadership, PharMEDium has developed a broad-range of sterile intravenous and epidural compounding admixture services that have become critical in the industry serving hospital pharmacies, with their anticipatory compounding of sterile products.

His knowledge of the compounding industry's quality and regulatory requirements has made him a key thought leader in the field. A licensed pharmacist, Mr Kruzynski's participation as an expert panel on different ASHP work groups, including the ASHP Guidelines on Outsourcing Sterile Compounding Services and the ASHP Foundation Outsourcing Sterile Products Preparation Contractor Assessment Tool, helped enable the establishment of standards for IV preparation and score-carding of outsourcing operations. In 2013, Mr. Kruzynski participated in many meetings on Capitol Hill, assisting with education and discussions with various committees (e.g. Senate- HELP and House- Energy and Commerce) and Congressional offices about the services of the outsourced compounding industry, as the Washington legislators worked toward passage in November of the Drug Quality and Security Act.

Before joining PharMEDium in 2003, Mr. Kruzynski founded the COMPASS compounding program and led business development for Baxter Healthcare Corporation's premixed drug program. He holds U.S. patents for unique label designs for IV compounded preparations.

Mr. Kruzynski is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, School of Pharmacy. He earned his MBA from the University of Chicago.