See John Oliver enlist Method Man, Michael Bolton and more to highlight the dangers of compounding pharmacies
also appeared in the episode’s main segment, which detailed how lax oversight has turned these companies into the “Wild West” of the pharmaceutical industry — resulting in fraud and even “many, many people dying,” Oliver said.
he failure rate for commercially manufactured drugs is around two percent, it’s around 33 percent for compounded drugs.“To put that in perspective, compounded drugs have about the same failure rate as the Jonas Brothers,” Oliver cracked. “We all know which one I’m talking about, and it’s not you, Kevin! You’re doing great! You’re doing really great, Kevin! You’re actually my favorite! ”
That problem has already created deadly consequences. One compounding pharmacy produced bulk quantities — itself a violation — of a contaminated steroid injection that was shipped to 23 states, resulting in 100 deaths from fungal meningitis in 2012.
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