NECC Crisis Festered in Ambiguity That Reigns Over Compounding
This article was originally published in The Gold Sheet
Executive Summary
As FDA, Congress and the courts stumbled, compounding pharmacies such as NECC took advantage of a gray area of the law. Legislators will get another try; one proposed subjecting such pharmacies to cGMP requirements.
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