Draft bill gives FDA authority over some pharmacies

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Draft bill gives FDA authority over some pharmacies

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/draft-legislation-gives-fda-authority-over-compounding-pharmacies-141320123.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/f5cy1gNhSp7HEScX2ns3Qw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-26T163246Z_3_CBRE93P13IJ00_RTROPTP_2_USA-HEALTH-MENGITIS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A sign for pharmaceutical compounding company NECC, a producer of the steroid methylprednisolone acetate, is seen in Framingham, Massachusetts" align="left" title="A sign for pharmaceutical compounding company NECC, a producer of the steroid methylprednisolone acetate, is seen in Framingham, Massachusetts" border="0" /></a>By Toni Clarke WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Food and Drug Administration would gain greater authority over pharmacies that compound sterile drugs and ship them across state lines under proposed legislation announced on Friday. The proposal from a bipartisan group of U.S. senators comes in the wake of a meningitis outbreak last fall that killed 53 people and sickened more than 700. The outbreak was linked to a tainted steroid distributed by the New England Compounding Center. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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