Questioning state AGs in Stat News

Stat News covered the fact that “Dozens of attorneys general urge FDA to crack down on counterfeit obesity drugs,” but it seemed as if those AGs were being … let’s call it “misled” into conflating unlicensed pharmacies with legitimate (state-licensed and -inspected) compounders.

Luckily APC was there to inject a bit of a reality check. For one, we pointed out that the attorneys general seemed to be saying that state-licensed compounding pharmacies might be selling counterfeit medications. Oh, really?

“If they have evidence supporting that dubious claim, I’d like to see it,” said CEO Scott Brunner, who went on:

“A pharmacy could not for long get away with any sort of illicit activity without losing its license — and indeed, we’ve seen no uptick in censuring of pharmacies by regulatory bodies on this particular issue. I would urge the AGs not to lump legitimate pharmacies in with lawbreakers.”