Thursday, November 1, 2012

Mass. lawmaker seeks greater pharmacy regulation


By JAY LINDSAY
Associated Press / November 1, 2012
 FRAMINGHAM, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts lawmaker says he'll introduce legislation to increase federal oversight of specialty pharmacies like the one linked to a deadly meningitis outbreak.
Democratic U.S. Rep. Ed Markey made the announcement Thursday outside the now-closed New England Compounding Center in Framingham.
A tainted steroid made by the center caused a fungal meningitis outbreak linked to 28 deaths across the country.
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