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Congress, FDA Should Consider Tech Solutions for Safer Compounding

By Guest Blogger | Published: March 14, 2013
By Niels Erik Hansen Last fall’s deadly meningitis outbreak linked to contaminated steroid injections is a tragic reminder of the risk of errors inherent in manual pharmacy medication compounding. Unsanitary conditions at the Massachusetts compounding pharmacy that made the injections resulted in fungal contamination of the drugs. The resulting outbreak sickened nearly 700 people in [...]
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Compounded Drug Crisis Spotlights Regulatory Confusion

By Guest Blogger | Published: October 9, 2012
Compounded drug crisis spotlights regulatory confusion The call for stiffer FDA regulation of compounded drugs has been reignited by a national fungal meningitis outbreak. Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported 7 deaths linked to contaminated vials of steroid injectables from a Massachusetts compounding operation. 91 people have been taken ill, with [...]
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