FDA Lacks Funding, Staffing To Properly Regulate Pharmaceutical Compounders, Top Agency Official Claims

The agency is tasked with making sure that compounded drugs, which are made at facilities that don’t have to meet the same standards as regular drug manufacturers, are safe. Director of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research Janet Woodcock says that her inspectors are seeing concerning problems, but lacks resources to be truly effective.

from Kaiser Health News https://ift.tt/2Ny8hg8