States Take On Unregulated Pharmaceutical Facilities As House GOP Holds Back Nationwide Reform

States Take On Unregulated Pharmaceutical Facilities As House GOP Holds Back Nationwide Reform: After last year’s deadly meningitis outbreak was traced to unclean conditions at a New England-area pharmaceutical mixing plant, state and federal officials called for increased oversight of the largely unregulated facilities. But as states await congressional action to give the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and state agencies more regulatory authority over the so-called “compounders,” [...]/p