Massachusetts curbs compounding pharmacies after 2012 meningitis outbreak

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Massachusetts curbs compounding pharmacies after 2012 meningitis outbreak

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/massachusetts-curbs-compounding-pharmacies-2012-meningitis-outbreak-180532823.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/CK6zvWH.L0aHaOfQyc_kNQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-07-10T180532Z_1_LYNXMPEA690W8_RTROPTP_2_OBAMA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. President Barack Obama shakes hands with Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick upon arrival in Worcester" align="left" title="U.S. President Barack Obama shakes hands with Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick upon arrival in Worcester" border="0" /></a>By Reuters Staff BOSTON (Reuters) - Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick signed a law Thursday to rein in compounding pharmacies, after tainted drugs produced by a local company sparked a meningitis outbreak in 2012 that killed 64 people across the United States. The new law gives greater power to the state board that regulates such pharmacies which mix but do not manufacture drugs and are subject to lighter standards of oversight than drug manufacturers - and sets stricter licensing standards. Under the Massachusetts legislation, the state's Board of Registration in Pharmacy will be required to participate in national reporting systems on pharmacies. It will be authorized to conduct unannounced inspections of pharmacies that hold the companies accountable to the newly raised standards.</p><br clear="all"/>

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