Pharmaceutical companies that violate laws should be sentenced to criminal sanctions

Thousands pharmaceutical companies violate laws. But just some of them are punished appropriately. Numerous compounding pharmacies avoid harsh penalties without significant efforts. But just when serious scandals result from illicit operations of compounding pharmacies, they are sentenced to appropriate sanctions. For example, everyone knows about the meningitis outbreak that has spread across the country because of tainted steroid injections produced by a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy. Of course, owners and officers of the company will be punished properly. But when illicit actions of drug manufacturers don’t lead to such serious problems, they continue with their business successfully.
The media reports about illegal operations linked with anabolic steroids, painkillers and other prescription medicines daily. But you may notice that pharmaceutical companies get just light sentencing for illegal distribution of anabolic steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs. Thus, athletes and bodybuilders have free access to performance-enhancing drugs. They acquire steroids and other related medicines from compounding pharmacies and take them for athletic needs. Moreover, certain pharmacies provide fake prescriptions for steroids. Corrupt physicians supply customers of pharmaceutical companies with prescriptions which are given without needed evaluation of customers’ personal conditions.
Compounding pharmacies are responsible not only for illicit sale of anabolic-androgenic steroids. Some compounding pharmacies manufacture medications in unsterile conditions. As a result, numerous persons get tainted preparations and experience severe complications, applying  these medicines. Some persons even die from contamination caused by administration of contaminated products. As you are probably informed, 39 individuals died because of fungal meningitis resulted from tainted methylprednisolone acetate injections.
The late contamination with fungal meningitis should influence on decisions of proper authorities. Criminal sanctions should take place. Otherwise, health of many persons is in a serious danger. Prescription medications must be sold only under real prescriptions. All preparations must be manufactured in sterile conditions. If pharmaceutical companies don’t obey all laws, they must be punished. They must not be allowed to continue with business, if they violate laws. Forfeiture of licenses should be accompanied by other harsh sanctions.