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Massachusetts lawmaker seeks greater pharmacy regulation

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FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- A Massachusetts lawmaker states he'll introduce legislation to enhance federal oversight of specialty pharmacies like the one linked to a dangerous meningitis episode. Democratic U.S. Rep. Ed Markey made the announcement Thursday outside the now-closed New England Compounding Center in Framingham. A tainted steroid made by the center triggered a fungal meningitis episode linked to 28 deaths across the nation. Compounding pharmacies custom-mix solutions that normally aren't commercially readily available. They aren't controlled by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Under Markey's legislation, to be introduced Friday, such pharmacies would be FDA-regulated, if they produce bigger volumes of a medication for basic circulation. Officials state that's what the company appeared to be doing, though they were only permitted to produce patient-specific prescriptions. The expense also requires pharmacies to label compounded drugs to show they have not been FDA-tested.

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