The co-owner of a specialty pharmacy responsible for a deadly meningitis outbreak refused to talk to members of a congressional panel that discussed the issue on Wednesday, according to a story in the Chicago Tribune.
The New England Compounding Center in Massachusetts produced the contaminated steroid medication that has triggered 461 cases of fungal meningitis and killed 32 people. The story says those numbers will likely increase, ...
continue reading...During the first of two Congressional hearings to take place this week in response to a deadly meningitis outbreak, the widow of a victim urged lawmakers to crack down on drug compounders, Reuters reports.
Joyce Lovelace’s husband, Eddie Lovelace, died of fungal meningitis in September. She submitted written testimony to the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee for oversight and investigations, which met on Wednesday to discuss the ...
continue reading...The co-owner of the New England Compounding Center, a Massachusetts pharmacy blamed for a deadly meningitis outbreak, allegedly has a history of failing to cooperate with federal regulators.
A Congressional committee released a memo detailing pharmacist Barry Cadden’s past attempts to defy investigators from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, according to a story in the Boston Globe.
During a 2004 inspection, for example, Cadden initially denied having eye medication that was ...
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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, ...
continue reading...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 ...
continue reading...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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