Tuesday, October 30, 2012

House Dem slams drug compounders in new report

By Elise Viebeck 10/29/12 12:24 PM ET
Compounding pharmacies were responsible for deaths before the current outbreak of meningitis, one House Democrat charged Monday. 

Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) released a report that chronicles the rise of compounders, which remix medicines for patients with special needs, and the patchwork of regulations that applies to them. 

Markey's report alleges that at least 23 patients have died and 86 have been seriously sickened or injured as a result of medications distributed by compounding pharmacies in recent decades. 

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