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June 2003

Bond Wants Investigation into Pharmacy Compounding

by admin on June 30, 2003

in Health & Medicine, Politics & Government

Senator Bond wants the General Accounting Office to look into pharmacy compounding. Compounded drugs are customized medications that pharmacists mix from scratch, often without following safety procedures used by big drugmakers. Bond’s request comes after the Robert Courtney cancer drug dilution case that rocked the Kansas City area. Courtney pleaded guilty to diluting cancer drugs for nearly 10 years to increase his profit margin. Authorities believe more than four thousand patients were affected. He’s now serving a 30-year sentence. Bond has also received the green light from the Senate to form an advisory committee to look into compounded drugs.

Tagged as: Kit Bond

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Election Date Set to Replace DePasco

by admin 06/30/03 2:12 PM

Governor Holden has set a November special election date to replace a Kansas City-area State Senator who died last month. The election is scheduled for November 4th to replace Ronnie DePasco, a Democrat, who died of cancer last month. Depasco had served in the legislature since 1977, first serving in the Missouri House, [...]

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West Nile Confirmed in Southwest Missouri Horse

by admin 06/30/03 2:06 PM

Health officials in Southwest Missouri say a horse in McDonald County is the first case of equine West Nile Virus of the year. At least one crow in the St.Louis area was confirmed to have the disease and another has been reported in Southeast Missouri. The 18-year-old horse has been destroyed. Last [...]

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Special Legislative Committee to Investigate School Funding

by admin 06/30/03 1:23 PM

An effort to create a new way for the state to distribute money to public school districts will be investigated in the next few months. Several legislators say it’s obvious the present school Foundation Formula no longer fairly distributes state school aid funds. It’s been ten years since the present Foundation Formula was written, and [...]

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One Special Session Down, Another On the Way

by admin 06/30/03 1:12 PM

One special legislative session has ended. Another one is already planned. Governor Holden has announced he will sign the education budget bills, ending a contentious, month-long special legislative session. Holden, a Democrat, has also announced he will call legislators back into session in September during the annual veto session to reconsider his [...]

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