Compounding pharmacy trouble extends beyond NECC

(CBS News) When the FDA raided the New England Compounding Center last September, inspectors found major violations, including visible specs of black fungus in drug vials.

David Miller

"That is indeed unusual in the profession of pharmacy to see such blatant disregard for human life and for the professional standards that we hold dear," says David Miller, the head of the International Academy of Compounding Pharmacies.

The IACP represents these companies that tailor, or compound, medicines for specific patients.

"This misbehavior of this one compounding pharmacy in particular -- the benefit to that is that that has enabled all of us to ask that very question and say, 'What can we do to make sure an NECC tragedy can never happen again,'" Miller says.

But in January, Massachusetts finished conducting 40 unannounced inspections of different compounding pharmacies. Only four passed; all or part of 11 of those pharmacies were shut down.

Watch: NECC insider says, "We got sloppy," below.

Sarah Sellers is a former Food and Drug Administration safety officer and currently works for a pharmaceutical company.

"This is an industry that absolutely escapes and avoids regulation at both the state and federal levels," she says.

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Compounding pharmacy trouble extends beyond NECC