Thursday, September 26, 2013

Bill Would Toughen Compounding Pharmacy Oversight September 26, 2013 (AP) By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press


The Food and Drug Administration would have greater oversight over large volume compounding pharmacies like the Massachusetts company that triggered a deadly meningitis outbreak, under federal legislation winning bipartisan support.


Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin, the Democratic chairman of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, said Wednesday that the bill calls for an "unprecedented tracing system that will track prescription drugs from manufacturing to distribution."
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