After drug deaths, Massachusetts lawmakers seek to curb compounding pharmacies

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After drug deaths, Massachusetts lawmakers seek to curb compounding pharmacies

By Elizabeth Barber BOSTON (Reuters) - Massachusetts lawmakers have passed a bill this week to rein in compounding pharmacies after tainted drugs produced by a local company were implicated in killing 64 people across the country and sickening hundreds more. Governor Deval Patrick’s office said on Thursday he is reviewing the proposed legislation. The new bill ramps up the state’s oversight of compounding pharmacies, granting greater powers to the state board overseeing such companies and tightening the standards to which the pharmacies must adhere. "This legislation clearly defines the boundaries of safe and appropriate compounding pharmacies and applies strict standards to all pharmacies producing or shipping compounding drugs in Massachusetts,” said House Representative Jeffrey Sánchez, Chairman of the Joint Committee on Public Health, in a statement.

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