In an attempt to combat irregularities committed by compounding pharmacies in the sale of , announces, this Monday (6), measures that tighten the rules and regulations of these establishments.
One of the areas of action is through Operating Authorizations granted to pharmacies. This is because, today, many have gone beyond their functions and functioned as true injectables factories, which is prohibited by law.
A recent example is HKM Farmácia de Manipulação Ltda (Essentia Pharma), in Florianópolis (SC), which was closed after inspection by Anvisa, but continued to operate.
Technicians seized more than 1.3 million ampoules of . To give you an idea, global companies have the capacity to manufacture 9 to 10 million pens a year.
Essentia Pharma was contacted, but did not contact the column again.
Anvisa is concerned about the advancement of these establishments. Sources involved in inspections say they find serious irregularities in more than half of the pharmacies inspected. Therefore, he decided to act more drastically.
Sindusfarma (Pharmaceutical Products Industry Union) had already issued the alert because it has received up to three complaints per week.
The entity’s executive president, Nelson Mussolini, claims that a clandestine pharmaceutical industry was built with the sale of pens.
“It creates a very big health risk. The patient often doesn’t even know what they are taking. Something needs to be done,” he told the Panel.
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