meningitis outbreak 2012

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Originally Posted by orthodoc

There aren't many true compounding pharmacies anymore and they provide a needed service.

The practice is becoming more popular, though. Walgreens has actually begun offering compounding services in many of their pharmacies.

Originally Posted by orthodoc

However - this company, and others, were violating their licenses by preparing drugs in quantity for providers, not as filled prescriptions. Mass preparation differs from small-batch, and quality control isn't going to be there if it isn't built in to the process.

Hence the problem. There have also been accounts, not yet completely verified, that the culture of the place was to push production at the expense of quality checks. For example, product was shipped before control checks had come back from labs. Some drugs were recalled due to concentration problems.

Ah, I did not know this part of the story. Clearly this particular place should be shut down. Do you happen to know if the pharmacists involved can be held criminally liable, or are they just going to lose their licenses?