After drug deaths, Massachusetts lawmakers seek to curb compounding pharmacies

                   

By By Elizabeth Barber 5 hours ago

 

                            BOSTON (Reuters) - Massachusetts lawmakers have passed a bill this week to rein in compounding pharmacies after tainted drugs produced by a local company were implicated in killing 64 people across the country and sickening hundreds more.

Governor Deval Patrick’s office said on Thursday he is reviewing the proposed legislation.

The new bill ramps up the state’s oversight of compounding pharmacies, granting greater powers to the state board overseeing such companies and tightening the standards to which the pharmacies must adhere.

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