Tighter Compounding Pharmacy Oversight Advances in Senate
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Legislation to broaden federal regulation of compounding pharmacies like the one linked to last year’s meningitis deaths may reach President Barack Obama’s desk in days after clearing a procedural hurdle in the U.S. Senate.
The Senate may vote on passage as early as today, following yesterday’s 97-1 vote to advance the measure that would subject large compounding pharmacies to Food and Drug Administration oversight. The House has already passed the bill, H.R. 3204.