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Compounding industry opposes new laws

Source: San Diego Local News 1, Nov 15 2012, 9:29am CST

The top lobbyist for compounding pharmacies is preparing to tell members of Congress that more federal oversight is not needed for his industry, in the wake of a deadly meningitis outbreak tied to contaminated... T ...

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7 hours ago

Senate Committee Approves Bill on Compounding

Source: The New York Times  |   May 22 2013, 7:21pm CDT

A Senate committee approved a bill on Wednesday that would give the Food and Drug Administration greater authority over compounding pharmacies. The practice of compounding, the specialty mixing of medica ...

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8 hours ago

Senate panel approves tighter oversight of compounding pharmacies, but bill is under fire

Source: The Washington Post  |   May 22 2013, 6:04pm CDT

Public health and consumer advocacy groups are attacking Senate legislation designed to tighten oversight of specialized pharmacies such as the one at the center of this past fall’s deadly meningitis outbreak, saying it ...

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8 hours ago

Senate committee advances drug compounding bill

Source: Reuters Mobile  |   May 22 2013, 5:58pm CDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. Senate committee on Wednesday unanimously approved legislation that would increase federal oversight for companies that compound and sell sterile drugs across state lines. The proposed legislation was in ...

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2 days ago

Budget Victim: Inspections For Compounding Pharmacies. Really?

Source: CommonHealth  |   May 20 2013, 4:29pm CDT

Blogging for The Incidental Economist, he reminds us why the inspections are important: “fungal meningitis from improperly compounded products killed 55 people and infected more that 600.” But apparently, in the lates state budget proposal, money for ins ...

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3 days ago

Nutritional Prescriptions for Renal Patients Recalled

Source: FindLaw: Attorney Blog  |   May 19 2013, 1:04pm CDT

Pentec Health Inc. recently announced that it will recall all nutritional prescriptions for renal patients that it manufactured before May 2, 2013. The recall was issued after sterility concerns were raised regarding one of t ...

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3 days ago

FDA meeting resistance on compounding

Source: Arkansas Online  |   May 19 2013, 3:28am CDT

Michael Woods Warren Lee, owner of Lee Pharmacy at 4300 Grand Ave in Fort Smith, works in his pharmacy Thursday afternoon in Fort Smith. Inspectors for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy s ...

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4 days ago

City officials warn of meningitis outbreak hitting gay community

Source: New York Daily News  |   May 18 2013, 8:51am CDT

City and state officials are warning of a meningitis outbreak in the gay community that has killed seven men and sickened 11 others since 2012. City Council Speaker Christine Quinn recently held a meeting with organizers of the Gay Pride Pa ...

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5 days ago

Compound pharmacies helping patients, but what are the risks?

Source: WPBF West Palm Beach  |   May 17 2013, 3:23pm CDT

The shocking deaths of 21 polo ponies in Wellington in 2009 first put a microscope on compound pharmacies. Then came the tainted steroid last year from a Massachusetts compound pharmacy that caused a deadly national meningitis outbreak. Now, th ...

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5 days ago

New state rules Pawtucket Pharmacy owner's prescription for retirement

Source: Lowell Sun Online  |   May 17 2013, 5:35am CDT

the pharmacy license of Pawtucket Pharmacy of Lowell based on information obtained during an inspection. The pharmacy was performing non-sterile compounding in violation of an earlier consent agreement that prohibited it from c ...

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6 days ago

Florida compound pharmacy recalls products after inspection

Source: FindLaw: Attorney Blog  |   May 16 2013, 7:50pm CDT

A Florida compound pharmacy, The Compounding Shop, has agreed to voluntarily recall all of its sterile products after the Food and Drug Administration warned doctors and pharmacists to avoid drugs and supplies produced by the company. The wa ...

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