Eric Vidrine is a second-generation pharmacist and a native of Lafayette, Louisiana. He received his Pharmacy degree from the University of Louisiana at Monroe in 1994 and has spent the past 23 years in the pharmacy industry with 20 of those years in an ownership and management capacity in a wide variety of pharmacy specialties. He has been a part of virtually every aspect of the pharmacy industry and is considered an industry expert in compounding and hospice pharmacy.

In addition to the Apothecary Shoppe, Eric also has ownership in 4 other Louisiana based pharmacies. He is the founder and CEO of Professional Arts Pharmacy, the founder and CEO of Palliative Pharmacy Solutions, principle owner and CEO of Family Pharmacy of Baton Rouge, and a principle owner of Institutional Pharmacies of Louisiana.

Honors & Achievements

• DuPont Innovative Pharmacy Practice Award, 1997
• Professional Compounding Centers of America, Pharmacist of the Month, April 1999
• Louisiana Pharmacist Association, Compounding Pharmacist of the Year, 2004
• Professional Compounding Centers of America, Pharmacist of the Year, 2011
• International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists (IACP), President, 2004
• International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists (IACP), Fellow
• International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists, Board of Directors, 1999-2006