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Re:Carcinogens Have Infiltrated the Generic Drug Supply in t... by cwkoss on Friday September 13, 2019 @03:34PM (#20965569)
Seems like "every company in drug supply chain must independently test each batch of received drug via GC/MS. That company is liable for any impurities found downstream in un-rejected batches" would be a nice regulation.
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Re:Carcinogens Have Infiltrated the Generic Drug Supply in t... by coliveira on Friday September 13, 2019 @04:51PM (#20966400)
Companies don't want to do their job, they say this is "excessive regulation that is killing the economy".
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Re:Carcinogens Have Infiltrated the Generic Drug Supply in t... by refurb on Friday September 13, 2019 @11:24PM (#20968743)
This already kind of happens. You declare a starting material and then test it to make sure it’s pure. You do the same for the next step all the way to the finished product.

In this particular instance, the process caused the impurity, so it wouldn’t be reasonable to punish the company that sent them starting materials.

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Re:Carcinogens Have Infiltrated the Generic Drug Supply in t... by sjg007 on Saturday September 14, 2019 @07:19PM (#20974484)
Companies that import drugs or precursors from China should independently test the product. Use a block chain to enforce trust.
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Re:Carcinogens Have Infiltrated the Generic Drug Supply in t... by cwkoss on Friday September 13, 2019 @04:20PM (#20966088)
It's a jobs program for GC/MS technicians! /s
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