Compounding Pharmacy Error - Settlement and Lawsuit

Dangerous Drugs and Compounding Pharmacies

syringe Most people have never heard of them. They’re called compounding pharmacies. Unlike the large chain drug stores (or the corner drug store), they manufacture small amounts of rare or infrequently used drugs not otherwise available from major drug companies.

The problem is that compounding pharmacies operate in a gray area far less regulated than traditional drug companies. This means compounding pharmacies are not subject to regulation by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and do not have to comply with the very strict statutes and regulations governing the development, formulation and testing of prescription drugs.

This lack of oversight can have disastrous consequences, as exemplified by a compounding pharmacy error case recently concluded by our lawyers at Pritzker | Ruohonen.

An elderly woman died a horrible death within twenty-fours after ingesting a medication produced by a compounding pharmacy. Her death was caused by a compounding error: the drug she received was eight to ten times stronger than the prescription called for. The overly strong medication was the result of a simple weighing and labeling error by the compounding pharmacy that would have easily been prevented/detected if rudimentary quality control measures were followed.

The woman was survived by her husband of almost sixty years, two adult daughters in their fifties, two grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

The compounding pharmacy error settlement, subject to a confidentiality requirement, was among the largest of its kind for a claim of this sort.

Pritzker | Ruohonen is a nationally-recognized law firm. Attorneys at our law firm have been interviewed by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Lawyers USA and other publications. Attorneys Fred Pritzker, Rich Ruohonen and Elliot Olsen have been named "Super Lawyers" by Law & Politics magazine. Fred Pritzker has also been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America. To contact a lawyer at the firm regarding a compounding pharmacy error and our coompounding pharmacy error settlement, please call 1-888-377-8900 (toll-free), e-mail our attorneys, or sumbit our free case review form.

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