Statement from FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., on the importance of the Drug Quality and Security Act and overseeing the safety of compounded drugs

News Release   Statement from FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., on the importance of the Drug Quality and Security Act and overseeing the safety of compounded drugs 06/26/2017 08:06 PM EDT In late 2012, the United States faced the most serious outbreak associated with contaminated compounded drugs in recent history, involving hundreds of people, in many states, who developed fungal infections related to a compounded product. It was an incident that resulted in dozens of deaths. ###

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