PA one of 5 states with no protections in pharmaceutical errors

By Michael R. Cohen, R.Ph. 

Pennsylvania is one of only 5 states in the US that lacks regulations for compounding pharmacies to follow when preparing and dispensing sterile medications. The state also has no regulations to protect patients when sterile products are prepared by out of state pharmacies and shipped here.

In the wake of 24 deaths and over 300 people who’ve been harmed from contaminated steroids made by a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy, questions have been raised about the lack of regulatory oversight of such pharmacies by state and federal officials.