A series of bills have been introduced to the Michigan Legislature that would include several provisions intended to strengthen the regulation of compounding in the state. The bills would require:
- an on-site “pharmacist-in-charge” at every compounding facility,
- detailed records for all sterile compounded products,
- criminal
background checks for new pharmacy owners, or those licensed before October 1, 2008, and - at least one biannual inspection for each facility.
As of September 6, 2013, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) traced 264 cases and 19 deaths in the state of Michigan to the 2012 outbreak of fungal meningitis linked to contaminatedpain medications compounded at the New England Compounding Center in Massachusetts. These numbers led Michigan’s Attorney General, Bill Schuette, one of the bill’s backers, to call Michigan the “epicenter” of the outbreak. More information is available in a Detroit News article and in a Detroit Free Press article.
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