FDA's Authority to Regulate Drug Compounding : A Legal Analysis.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. American Law Division.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Judge-made law.

Drugs.

Medical laws and legislation.

Pharmaceutical industry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (14 p), digital, PDF file)

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2010.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Provides historical overview of FDA regulation of drug compounding, the process in which a pharmacist combines, mixes, or alters various drug ingredients to create a medication for an individual patient in response to a practitioner's prescription. Reviews decisions in Thompson v. Western States Medical Center and Medical Center Pharmacy v. Mukasey . Addresses 2002 FDA compliance policy guide and FDA authority to regulate drug compounding and possible future developments.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Apr. 2014). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. American Law Division. FDA's Authority to Regulate Drug Compounding

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