NORMAN — By a vote of 42-0, the full Senate has approved my proposal to ensure that out-of-state compounding pharmacies doing business in Oklahoma are held to high standards of safety.
The Safe Compounding Act will require out-of-state compounding pharmacies that deliver, dispense or distribute prescription drugs in Oklahoma to submit an affidavit and pharmacy site inspection form to receive a license.
I was compelled to author this bill after learning about a tragic story in Massachusetts where a compounding pharmacy was linked to hundreds of cases of fungal meningitis and 23 deaths. Just four of 37 similar specialty pharmacies were able to pass surprise health inspections shortly after the story broke.
Under this bill, the Oklahoma Board of Pharmacy will be able to oversee pharmacies in other states that may not operate by the same stringent standards that ours do.
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