Pharmacists Ask FDA To Address Sanitizer Ingredient Shortage

Several pharmacist associations say FDA’s new guidance allowing compounding of hand sanitizers during the COVID-19 emergency falls short because key ingredients aren't available, and they ask for more flexibility in a letter to FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn Wednesday (March 18). Over the weekend, FDA said it would not take enforcement action against compounders -- including pharmacists, federal facilities and outsourcing facilities -- producing hand sanitizers for consumers as long as their products follow an agency-mandated formula. The letter writers --...