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Sen. Blumenthal calls for compounding law

October 12, 2012 12:30 AM UTC

The nationwide outbreak of fungal meningitis linked to products manufactured at the New England Compounding Center should prompt Congress to pass legislation giving FDA authority and resources to regulate compounding pharmacies, Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) told BioCentury This Week, BioCentury's public affairs television program. Contaminated methylprednisolone distributed by the compounding pharmacy has killed 14 people in 11 states, the CDC reported on Thursday.

Blumenthal said FDA has a responsibility to request both more legal authority and more resources. "This crisis creates a clear and urgent alarm for the need for more legislation, and I am hopeful that Congress will heed that warning," he said. ...