Posted by Salvatore J. Zambri, founding member and partner
The push to regulate compounding pharmacies is beginning to gain more attention on the national front. According to a congressional report released on April 15, 2013, the state-by-state examination last fall into the safety issues surrounding the common practices among compounding pharmacies demonstrates that states do not adequately track, regulate or inspect these pharmacies, exposing patients to unsafe drugs, disease and death.
The Markey Report, “State of Disarray,” findings and conclusions:
Congressman Markey is among those who support legislation to give the Food and Drug Administration more authority over compounding pharmacies. A scheduled hearing of a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee will be held on Tuesday, April 16, 2013 to focus on this issue.
I will continue to update our readers on this critical consumer issue as more attention is given to the safety problems of compounding pharmacies.
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About the author:
Mr. Zambri is a Board-Certified Civil Trial Attorney and Past-President of the Trial Lawyers Association of Metropolitan Washington, D.C. The association has recently named him the ” 2011 Trial Lawyer of the Year”. He has also been acknowledged by Washingtonian magazine as a “Big Gun” and among the “top 1%” of all of the more than 80,000 lawyers in the Washington metropolitan area. The magazine also acknowledged him as “one of Washington’s best–most honest and effective lawyers” who specializes in medical malpractice matters, product liability claims, and serious automobile accident claims. Mr. Zambri was recently (2013 edition) acknowledged as one of the “Best Lawyers in America” by Best Lawyers in both medical malpractice and personal injury law, and has also been repeatedly named a “Super Lawyer” by Law and Politics magazine (2013)–a national publication that honors the top lawyers in the country.
Mr. Zambri is regularly asked to present seminars to lawyers and doctors, as well as both medical and law students concerning defective drugs, medication errors, medical malpractice litigation, and safety improvements.
If you have any questions about your legal rights, please email Mr. Zambri at [email protected]. You may also reach him at 202-822-1899.