Drug manufacturers that violate laws should get criminal penalties

A lot of drug manufacturers violate laws. But only some of them are sanctioned properly. Thousands compounding pharmacies avoid serious sanctions successfully. But just when serious scandals are caused by illegal actions of pharmaceutical companies, they are sentenced to proper punishments. For example, everyone is aware of the meningitis outbreak that has spread across the country because of contaminated steroids produced by a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy. Undoubtedly, owners and officers of the company will be sanctioned properly. But when illegal actions of compounding pharmacies don’t result in such serious problems, they continue with their business successfully.
Journalists report about illicit actions connected with steroids, painkillers and other prescription medications daily. But you may notice that pharmaceutical companies get just light sentencing for illegal sale of anabolic steroids and other doping products. Thus, athletes and bodybuilders have free access to doping products. They purchase steroids and other related medicines from compounding centers and administer them for athletic needs. Furthermore, some pharmaceutical companies provide fake prescriptions for anabolic-androgenic steroids. Corrupt doctors supply customers of pharmacies with prescriptions which are given without required evaluation of customers’ personal conditions.
Pharmaceutical companies are responsible not only for illicit distribution of anabolic-androgenic steroids. Several pharmaceutical companies produce drugs in unsterile conditions. As a result, many persons get contaminated medicines and suffer from grave complications, administering  these products. Several persons even die from contamination resulted from administration of tainted preparations. As you are possibly informed, 39 individuals died because of fungal meningitis caused by contaminated methylprednisolone acetate injections.
The late contamination with fungal meningitis should influence on decisions of proper authorities. Criminal penalties should take place. Otherwise, health of thousands persons is in a serious danger. Prescription preparations must be sold just under real prescriptions. All drugs must be produced in sterile conditions. If compounding pharmacies don’t obey all laws, they must be sanctioned. They must not be allowed to continue with business, if they violate laws. Loss of licenses should be accompanied by other harsh penalties.