The Senate Health (HELP) Committee's top Republican urged leadership to schedule a vote on his bill empowering federal regulators to oversee certain compounding pharmacies .
In a statement Tuesday, Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) said the legislation would prevent future tragedies caused by drug compounders, such as an outbreak of fungal meningitis that has killed more than 60 people since last fall.
"Americanscontinue to lose loved ones from the meningitis outbreak, and the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration has warned us that this will happen again if Congress fails to act," Alexander said.
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In a statement Tuesday, Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) said the legislation would prevent future tragedies caused by drug compounders, such as an outbreak of fungal meningitis that has killed more than 60 people since last fall.
"Americans
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