Company Profile
Complementary Compounding Services was establised by Dr Michael Serafin. After completing his Bachelor of Pharmacy with first class honors Dr Serafin then went on to complete his Ph.D in pharmaceutical chemistry researching and developing new strategies to directly target cancer cells for more effective cancer treatments with fewer side effects. While completeing his Ph.D he also worked for Sydney University Pharmacy Department instructing undergraduate pharmacy students in the art form and theoretical aspects of extemporaneous compounding. He soon realised that his ambition to work for a drug company developing new life saving treatments was not meant to be. He came to believe that pharmaceutical companies real motivation was profits and not healing the sick. Not willing to work for any organization with that philosophy he then changed direction and began privately studying nutritional and orthomolecular medicine while completing his Ph.D.
After he left Sydney University he worked as a compounding chemist for one of Australia’s largest compounding pharmacies before moving to the sunny northern NSW coast to establish a new and innovative compounding pharmacy called Complementary Compounding Services.
Complementary Compounding Services is a compounding only pharmacy which means we only provide compounded medications made in our laboratory. We do not sell nappies and tissues and other products traditional pharmacies sell that would only distract us away from our primary focus and speciality – being compounding. We are passionate about providing the best quality compounded products!
Our premesis consists of a shop front area where all we sell is a range of nutritional supplements, two consultation rooms where private consultations are held (for more information on consultations click here) and a seperate specialised compounding laboratory.
Our approved laboratory is a clean, environment controlled area equipped with an array of equipment necessary to competently produce fine quality medications. Please refer to our quality control section for more information. The use of sophisticated compounding equipment in a clean, environment controlled, laboratory ensures the highest standards are maintained resulting with high quality products.
In addition Dr Serafin is committed to providing the public with some of the most up to date medical information available. His philosophy is to combine the best that both traditional and complementary medicine has to offer in order to maximize effectiveness and minimize any risks. His focus is to treat the cause of the disease using an orthomolecular approach rather than just treating the symptoms which he feels is only a “band aid” approach – too often the path followed by traditional medicine.
