Numerous compounding pharmacies violate laws and avoid serious penalties

Thousands drug manufacturers violate laws. But only some of them are sanctioned properly. Many drug manufacturers avoid serious sanctions without significant efforts. But only when serious scandals result from illegal actions of compounding pharmacies, they are sentenced to appropriate sanctions. For example, anyone is aware of the meningitis outbreak which has spread across the country because of contaminated steroid injections produced by a Massachusetts compounding center. Undoubtedly, owners and officials of the company will be punished harshly. But when illegal operations of compounding pharmacies don’t lead to such serious troubles, they continue with their business successfully.
Journalists report about illegal actions linked with anabolic steroids, painkillers and other prescription medicines daily. But you may notice that compounding pharmacies get only insignificant sentencing for illicit sale of anabolic steroids and other doping products. So, athletes and bodybuilders have free access to doping products. They acquire steroids and other related products from pharmaceutical companies and take them for athletic needs. Moreover, certain compounding pharmacies provide fake prescriptions for anabolic-androgenic steroids. Corrupt doctors supply customers of pharmacies with prescriptions which are given without required evaluation of customers’ personal conditions.
Drug manufacturers are responsible not only for illicit distribution of anabolic steroids. Some pharmaceutical companies manufacture drugs in unsterile conditions. As a result, many persons get contaminated medicines and suffer from grave complications, administering  these products. Certain individuals even die from contamination caused by usage of contaminated drugs. As you are probably informed, 39 individuals died because of fungal meningitis caused by tainted methylprednisolone acetate injections.
The recent contamination with fungal meningitis should influence on decisions of proper authorities. Criminal penalties should take place. Otherwise, health of thousands individuals is in a serious danger. Prescription medications must be sold only under real prescriptions. All medicines must be produced in sterile conditions. If drug manufacturers don’t obey all laws, they must be sanctioned. They must not be allowed to continue with business, if they violate laws. Forfeiture of licenses should be accompanied by other serious penalties.