NECC Crisis Festered in Ambiguity That Reigns Over Compounding

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.

The fungal meningitis outbreak traced in September to steroids from the New England Compounding Center is forcing Congress to revisit a gray area of the law that has frustrated regulatory authorities for years.

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