Julian Gill

Houston engineer Shaun Noorian turned his company, Empower Pharmacy, into one of the biggest compounding pharmacies in the country. It all started with testosterone therapy.

Texas data shows an increasing number of patients receive non-FDA approved versions of testosterone from compounding pharmacies.

A prominent Houston urologist used money donated by Empower Pharmacy's CEO to pay rent for his medical practice, raising concerns among experts about a conflict of interest, according to a Houston Chronicle investigation.

Traditionally, compounding pharmacies exist to serve a small subset of patients who have specialized medical needs. But millions have taken compounded GLP-1s.

According to internal financial records, the pharmacy dispensed nearly 3 million individual prescriptions to patients nationwide during the first 10 months of 2024, drawing $311 million in...

O ver the last decade, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued four warning letters after uncovering numerous red flags inside Empower Pharmacy's two drug production facilities in Houston.

Compounded drugs sold for cash prices don’t generate billing records that would allow regulators to track basic information, like who is taking the drug and what happens after treatment.

Empower Pharmacy calls itself the largest and most advanced compounding pharmacy in the country.

The Houston Chronicle began reporting on drug quality concerns at Empower Pharmacy back in April 2025, after receiving a tip about a former employee

Today, the scale at which most compounding pharmacies produce drugs — and the frequency of problems arising from their products — remains largely unknown.