Friday, January 25, 2013

Jan 25, 2013, 6:00am EST

Compounding pharmacies set to navigate potential regulations

Staff Writer-Tampa Bay Business Journal
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The Florida Board of Pharmacy will consider establishing new regulations for compounding pharmacies in the wake of an outbreak of fungal meningitis linked to a drug produced at a compounding pharmacy in Massachusetts.
At this point, the board does not know how many of the state’s 7,800 pharmacies make compounded drugs or what medications they make.
Physicians prescribe compounded drugs when patients need customized medications not available from commercial manufacturers, such as liquid forms of drugs or specialized combinations of medications for people with drug allergies.
One to 3 percent of all prescriptions dispensed in the United States are compounded ...
Jane Meinhardt's beats include health care, law firms and lawyers.

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