Showing posts with label Bringing compounding pharmacies under federal regulation. Show all posts
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Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Bringing compounding pharmacies under federal regulation

 

A FUNGAL meningitis infection last year that spread in contaminated vials of medicine distributed by the New England Compounding Center in Framingham, Mass., led to 749 people becoming ill and 61 deaths in 20 states. Without doubt, this outbreak could and should have been prevented. Now, Congress is making headway toward writing laws that would prevent similar occurrences.
This is not the first time Congress has attempted to tackle the problems of so-calledcompounding pharmacies, lightly regulated firms that mix and ship medicines to hospitals and clinics, but previous efforts were frustrated by lawsuits and ultimately were ineffective. A legacy of the 2012 outbreak must be hard and fast rules that would prevent another disaster.
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