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\f0\fs24 \cf2 (Image source: {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "http://vitals.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/12/14397656-cdc-reports-185-cases-of-fungal-meningitis-in-outbreak?lite"}}{\fldrslt
\cf3 \ul \ulc3 NBC News}})\ \uc0\u8232
\b BY MEGAN RICE \b0 \uc0\u8232 \u8232 As the meningitis outbreak
continues to grow, the New England Compounding Center or NECC is coming under more scrutiny.
This time for violating Massachusetts law. {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57530998/regulations-eyed-in-meningitis-outbreak/"}}{\fldrslt
\cf3 \ul \ulc3 Here\'92s CBS News}}.\uc0\u8232 \u8232
\b \'93Compounding pharmacies which mix custom made medicines must have prescription for
every patient for each dose they send out. It appears NECC shipped the tainted vials
of steroids to medical facilities in bulk.\'94 \b0 \uc0\u8232 \u8232 The Bureau of Health
Care Safety and Quality and FDA officials {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "http://vitals.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/12/14397656-cdc-reports-185-cases-of-fungal-meningitis-in-outbreak?lite"}}{\fldrslt
\cf3 \ul \ulc3 told NBC}}, compound pharmacies need more people keeping an eye on them.\uc0\u8232
\u8232 \b \'93...state and federal agencies needed
more guidance on how to regulate such pharmacies, which have morphed from small operations licensed
to mix drugs on a case-by-case basis to large scale manufacturers.\'94
\b0 \uc0\u8232 \u8232 But will additional regulation agencies actually help? {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK
"http://www.wbez.org/news/illinois-pharmacists-fear-backlash-over-meningitis-outbreak-103087"}}{\fldrslt \cf3 \ul \ulc3 An Illinois pharmacist told
WBEZ}} he worries this would only hurt the compound pharmacy industry.\uc0\u8232 \u8232
\b \'93I\'92m not confident that you could put another level of bureaucracy, another
level of guidelines, rules and regs in place that would make a difference.\'94
\b0 \ \uc0\u8232 The tragic incident has claimed
14 lives thus far. And {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Wellness/meningitis-outbreak-pharmacy-violated-license/story?id=17462609#.UHlkXhhlzFd"}}{\fldrslt
\cf3 \ul \ulc3 ABC News reports}} the end isn\'92t in sight. \'a0\uc0\u8232 \u8232
\b \'93The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announcing today a dramatic increase
in the number of reported cases to 170 spanning 11 states and that number is expected to rise.\'94
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