WBSM - New Bedford's Local Source For News, Talk, and Sports! » fda http://wbsm.com For over 60 years, WBSM has been the #1 source for News, Talk, and Sports in New Bedford! Fri, 24 May 2013 19:59:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Report Finds Lax Oversight Of Specialty Pharmacies http://wbsm.com/report-finds-lax-oversight-of-specialty-pharmacies/ http://wbsm.com/report-finds-lax-oversight-of-specialty-pharmacies/#comments Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:55:37 +0000 Jim Phillips http://wbsm.com/?p=70144  A congressional investigation finds that specialty pharmacies like the one that triggered a deadly meningitis outbreak last year get little state oversight.
 
    The new report from House Democrats shows that most states do not track or routinely inspect compounding pharmacies and that pharmacy boards in nearly all 50 states lack the information and expertise they need

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