1.0Public Citizenhttps://www.citizen.orgDiane Krauthamerhttps://www.citizen.org/author/dkrauthamer/Letter to the Editor of The Washington Post Criticizing FDA for its Failure to Regulate Drug Manufacturing by Compounding Pharma - Public Citizenrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="snTf9WJ8Oy"><a href="https://www.citizen.org/article/letter-to-the-editor-of-the-washington-post-criticizing-fda-for-its-failure-to-regulate-drug-manufacturing-by-compounding-pharma/">Letter to the Editor of <em>The Washington Post</em> Criticizing FDA for its Failure to Regulate Drug Manufacturing by Compounding Pharma</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.citizen.org/article/letter-to-the-editor-of-the-washington-post-criticizing-fda-for-its-failure-to-regulate-drug-manufacturing-by-compounding-pharma/embed/#?secret=snTf9WJ8Oy" width="600" height="338" title="“Letter to the Editor of <em>The Washington Post</em> Criticizing FDA for its Failure to Regulate Drug Manufacturing by Compounding Pharma” — Public Citizen" data-secret="snTf9WJ8Oy" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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In a letter to the editor of The Washington Post, Public Citizen responded to the April 12 front-page article “FDA finds safety problems at specialized pharmacies.” The Food and Drug Administration must ensure that companies that engage in drug manufacturing under the guise of pharmacy compounding either scale down their operations or adhere to current federal regulations governing drug manufacturing.https://www.citizen.org/wp-content/uploads/public_citizen_shared_link.jpg1200628