Steroid Meningitis

Company linked with meningitis pharmacy lays off workers

Ameridose LLC, which is affiliated with the specialty pharmacy behind a deadly meningitis outbreak, is laying off about 90 percent of its workforce, according to a Reuters story.

The company suspended operations on October 10 so that state and federal investigators could inspect its facilities, and is scheduled to remain shut down until November 19.

Ameridose has the same owners as the New England Compounding Center of Massachusetts, ...

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Other pharmacies on guard after deadly outbreak

After a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy was found to be the source of a deadly meningitis outbreak, other compounding pharmacies are looking at the story as a cautionary example of what can happen if proper procedures aren’t followed.

The outbreak, which has sickened 424 people in 19 states and killed 31, has been traced to injectable steroid medication produced by the New England Compounding Center.

A report in USA ...

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Professor: Limits on FDA caused outbreak

A Boston University law professor claims legal limitations on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are indirectly responsible for a national meningitis outbreak that has sickened more than 400 people and killed 31.

A story in the Los Angeles Times deals with the allegations made by Kevin Outterson, who specializes in healthcare law and pharmaceutical markets.

In 2002, Outterson says, the Supreme Court overturned provisions of a 1997 ...

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FDA warns of false meningitis cure

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration warns that a company’s claims of treating or curing fungal meningitis with “light therapy” are false.

According to a story posted on the ABC News Website, The Avalon Effect, of Franklin, Tenn., illegally marketed the Quantum Series Personal Wellness Pack as a treatment or cure for fungal meningitis.

The company’s Website claimed the product’s “non-invasive, stress reducing light” relieves the symptoms of meningitis, which is a ...

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FDA director testifying on meningitis outbreak

A story in the Boston Globe says congressional representatives investigating a deadly fungal meningitis outbreak have called FDA Commissioner Dr. Margaret Hamburg to testify at a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing.

Hamburg is also scheduled to testify at a U.S. Senate hearing on the issue.

A co-founder of the New England Compounding Center, the Massachusetts-based specialty pharmacy behind the outbreak, has been invited to testify as well.

The ...

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Second illness hits meningitis sufferers

A second illness is afflicting people who already contracted meningitis from tainted steroid medication, the New York Times reports.

A significant number of the patients being treated for meningitis – a potentially deadly inflammation of the tissue surrounding the spinal cord and brain — have also developed a condition called epidural abscess, the story says.

Although abscesses are localized infections that are different from meningitis, untreated abscesses can cause meningitis in some ...

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