Harsh sentencing for violation of laws by drug manufacturers

A lot of pharmaceutical companies violate laws. But only some of them are sanctioned properly. Numerous pharmaceutical companies avoid harsh penalties without significant efforts. But only when serious scandals result from illegal actions of compounding pharmacies, they are sentenced to appropriate punishments. For example, everyone knows about the meningitis outbreak which has spread across the country because of tainted steroids produced by a Massachusetts pharmaceutical company. Of course, owners and officials of the drug manufacturer will be punished harshly. But when illegal actions of compounding pharmacies don’t result in such serious troubles, they continue with their business successfully.
The media reports about illegal operations connected with anabolic steroids, painkillers and other prescription medications day by day. But you may notice that compounding pharmacies get only insignificant sentencing for illicit sale of anabolic-androgenic steroids and other doping products. So, athletes and bodybuilders have free access to doping products. They acquire steroids and other related products from compounding pharmacies and administer them for athletic needs. Furthermore, certain pharmacies provide fake prescriptions for steroids. Corrupt physicians supply customers of pharmacies with prescriptions which are given without proper evaluation of customers’ personal conditions.
Drug manufacturers are responsible not only for illegal distribution of anabolic steroids. Several compounding pharmacies manufacture preparations in unsterile conditions. As a result, thousands individuals get contaminated drugs and experience severe complications, administering  these medications. Several individuals even die from contamination resulted from application of tainted medications. As you are probably informed, 39 individuals died because of fungal meningitis resulted from contaminated methylprednisolone acetate injections.
The recent contamination with fungal meningitis should influence on decisions of proper authorities. Criminal sanctions should take place. Otherwise, health of thousands individuals is in a great danger. Prescription medicines must be sold just under real prescriptions. All preparations must be manufactured in sterile conditions. If compounding pharmacies don’t obey all laws, they must be punished. They must not be permitted to continue with business, if they violate laws. Loss of licenses should be accompanied by other harsh sanctions.