Pharmacy industry rep opposes new oversight despite meningitis outbreak
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The top lobbyist representing compounding pharmacies will tell members of Congress that stricter federal oversight is unnecessary to oversee his industry, despite a deadly meningitis outbreak tied to contaminated medications. Testimony released ahead of a Senate hearing Thursday shows that the head of the International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists will tell lawmakers that current regulations are adequate to police specialty pharmacies. More than 460 people have been sickened by contaminated steroid shots distributed by New England Compounding Center, and more than 32 deaths have been reported. The Senate hearing is meeting one day after a similar hearing in the House to scrutinize the oversight of compounding pharmacies, which currently operate in a legal gray area between state and federal regulation. Compounding pharmacies, which mix customized medications based on prescriptions, are traditionally overseen by state pharmacy boards.
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| 0.115412 | "This is a problem and indicates to me the need for better federal regulation in this area." But the compounding industry's trade group states that current state laws, if enforced, would have prevented the current outbreak. The compounding academy's CEO, David Miller, will tell lawmakers that the Framingham, Mass.-based pharmacy was shipping medication without first receiving prescriptions from doctors, a violation of its pharmacy license. "The operations of NECC were clearly outside of the scope of the state's licensure requirements and their license should have been pulled long ago," Miller states ... |
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| 0.194177 | "We do not know where or how much large-scale drug compounding is being conducted, or if these companies are compounding drugs in accordance with best practice standards," said Sen. Tom Harkin, ... |
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