Leiter's Pharmacy has been serving the needs of its customers since its founding by Harry
Leiter in 1926. His sons, Morton and Lionel, continued the tradition. Today, Morton and his
son, Charles Leiter (third generation) provide excellent pharmaceutical care and specialty
compounding on a nationwide basis. Leiter’s Pharmacy was established in 1926 in Pismo Beach.
It moved to the San Jose area in 1952, and into the current location in October 2003. The new
location has a complete retail pharmacy and sterile compounding lab. The pharmacy stocks all
the latest OTC Medications, including hard to find pharmaceuticals.
The compounding lab was designed and built to adhere to the latest USP and JCAHO rules
and regulations. As a result, Leiter’s is able to compound for hospitals and ASC’s, and keep
them compliant under JCAHO. Leiter’s has also worked with several pharmaceutical manufac-
turers on drug studies, FDA approvals and Phase 2 and 3 clinical trials.
The compounding lab consists of a 1000 sq. ft. compounding area, with three fume hoods
for
the protection of employees. It is equipped with all of the latest equipment to provide
the
highest
standards of compounded medications. The lab is constantly upgrading the
equipment and
formulas to make sure that it provides the best pharmaceuticals in the industry.
The clean room is certified as a Class 1,000 ISO-6 (10 times better than is required in CA.),
as
well as meeting the most stringent requirements of any state in the country. The clean
room is
certified every 6 months to ensure the best possible sterile products. Our testing
policy and
procedures are written to keep all of us compliant under 797.
Leiter’s has a pharmacist on call 24/7 for any questions. The pharmacy has a complete
shipping department. It can ship Federal Express, priority mail or express mail.
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Morton
Leiter
Morton Leiter graduated from UCSF School of
Pharmacy in 1956. He joined his brother Lionel
and father Harry in Leiter's Pharmacies the next
year, operating a community based pharmacy in
San Jose for 30 years until Chuck joined Morton
and the direction of their business shifted to the
area of custom compounding. Morton has taken
classes in Basic Compounding, Sterile Compoun-
ding and BHRT.
Morton spends his spare time with his wife traveling, golfing and playing with his grandchildren.
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Charles
Leiter
Charles W. Leiter has been practicing pharmacy
in a variety of settings for over twenty years.
A
1983 graduate of the USC School of Pharmacy,
he joined his family's business, as a third
generation pharmacist, in 1985. Chuck's specialty
is compounding medications, both sterile and non sterile.
Today, Chuck is recognized as one of the
leading ophthalmic pharmacists in the country.
He regularly consults with many of the major
teaching hospitals and institutes in this country
and abroad. These include Stanford University
Hospital, Bascom Palmer Eye Hospital, Wills Eye
Hospital, Johns Hopkins, The Wilmer Eye
Institute, UCSF, The Francis Proctor Foundation,
The Cleveland Clinic, NIH, and the Singapore
Eye Institute.
Chuck is involved in many FDA clinical trials
and drug studies. He is a member of PCCA
(Professional
Compounding Center of America),
CPHA (California Pharmacist Association), and
IACP (International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists).
Chuck has received extensive training and
continuing education in the areas of infectious
disease, veterinary compounding, pain manage-
ment, ophthalmic compounding, natural
hormones, sterile compounding and the
compounding of injectable medications.
Chuck lives in Saratoga, Ca with his wife Susan and children, Emily, Rachel and Max. He enjoys travel,
golf, skiing, and playing with his dog, LuLu.
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