About AANMA/CHASM (PDF)
(includes member list)

Citizen Petition to FDA

• Summary (PDF)
• Full text (PDF)
• Write a Letter of Support

Patient Information

• "Are There Fakes and Frauds in Your Nebulizer?" (PDF)
• The TRUTH About Illegally Manufactured Nebulizer Medications (PDF)

Prescriber Information

• Physician Liability and Patient Safety Issues: White Paper for Prescribers (PDF)

On the Hill

• Letter to FDA from Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA), Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) and Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA) (May 29, 2007) (PDF)
• Support for Safe Drug Compounding Act of 2007 (March 8, 2007) (PDF)
• Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) comments on FDA letter on compounding of inhalation drugs (October 10, 2006) (PDF)
• FDA response to letter from Sen. Charles Grassley (October 2, 2006) (PDF)
• "Grassley praises Medicare action on compounded inhalation drugs," press release (August 24, 2006 ) (PDF)
• CMS response to letter from Sen. Charles Grassley (August 22, 2006) (PDF)
• Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) Letter to FDA and CMS (July 13, 2006) (PDF)

In The News

• "The Perils of Pseudo-Compounded Medications: Physicians have a major responsibility to ensure the safety of their patients' medications." CHEST Physician (November 2007) (PDF 100 kb)
• "Safe Drug Compounding Act of 2007 Wins Favor with Consumer Health Alliance for Safe Medication,"
  AANMA press release (March 12, 2007)
• "FDA to sweep unapproved drugs off the market," USA Today (January 9, 2007)
• "FDA warns two NJ pharmacies over compounding copies of drugs," Drug Store News (December 28, 2006)
• "Don't commit insurance fraud, warns prosecutor," Drug Topics (December 11, 2006)
• "FDA warns firms to stop making knockoffs of inhalation meds," American Academy of Pediatrics News, Vol. 27 No. 12 (December 2006)
• "Hundreds of unapproved drugs sold by prescription: They may be ineffective or even dangerous, but FDA can't corral them all," USA Today (September 18, 2006)
• "FDA tells drug firm to stop copying," The Tampa Tribune (September 12, 2006)
• "Medicare cuts payments for pharmacy-made drugs," USA Today (August 23, 2006)
• "Patient Advocacy and Medical Professional Coalition Applauds FDA Warning Letters but Urges Greater Enforcement,"
  CHASM Press Release (August 10, 2006)
• "FDA Warns Three Pharmacies To Stop Mass-Producing Unapproved Inhalation Drugs," U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) press release (August 10, 2006)
• "Deaths spur debate about drugs made in pharmacies: Experts seek stricter oversight by hospitals, state regulators, FDA," USA Today (August 8, 2006)
• "Grassley questions switching of drugs,"
  USA Today (July 13, 2006)
• "Haleyville Pharmacist Goes To Prison For Medicare Fraud," U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Alabama, press release (July 6, 2006)
• "AANMA Urges Congress to Ensure Patient Safety by Addressing Illegally Manufactured Breathing Medication," AANMA press release (May 4, 2006)
• "Not What the Doctor Ordered: Pharmacy Businesses That Put Patients at Risk," AANMA press release (November 5, 2005)
• "Consumer Health Alliance for Safe Medication Petitions FDA to Better Protect Patients,"
  CHASM Press Release (March 24, 2005)