Posts Tagged 'Meningitis'

Fungal infection confirmed for steroid medication

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has confirmed that steroid medication linked to a deadly meningitis outbreak is contaminated with a fungus.

A Reuters report says the FDA made that confirmation on one of three lots of the medication, and is still testing the other two. The agency is also testing other injectable medications produced by the New England Compounding Center, the Massachusetts-based specialty pharmacy that produced the infected steroid.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control says the ...

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Lawsuits filed against New England Compounding Center for tainted steroid

A story on Patch.com says that a number of lawsuits have been filed against the Massachusetts pharmacy linked to a deadly meningitis outbreak.

The New England Compounding Center is the specialty pharmacy that produced a shipment of steroid commonly injected to relieve back pain, which was found to be tainted with a fungus.

Figures from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Oct. 18 put the number of infected patients at 247 in 15 states, including 19 deaths. But CDC ...

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Workers linked to meningitis outbreak had concerns about quality

Former workers at a company with ties to the pharmacy responsible for a deadly meningitis outbreak said they had safety concerns.

An article in the New York Times includes interviews with former employees from Ameridose, a drug manufacturing company that has many of the same owners as the New England Compounding Center – the source of the contaminated steroid medication that has so far killed 15 people.

“Six former employees, five from Ameridose and one from New England Compounding, described a corporate ...

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FDA warns of more drugs in meningitis outbreak

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has expanded the list of potentially contaminated drugs from the Massachusetts-based New England Compounding Center – including another type of steroid and drugs used for heart and eye surgery.

An injectable steroid from the NECC called methylprednisolone acetate has already been linked with a deadly fungal meningitis outbreak.

On Oct. 15, the FDA issued the following warning: “As a result of the ongoing investigation of NECC, ...

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Death toll from meningitis outbreak rises to 15

ABC reports that another person has died from a fungal meningitis outbreak, bringing the total death toll to 15.

The report cites newly released figures from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, stating that 198 people in 13 states have contracted the infection, which comes from a tainted steroid medication called methylprednisolone acetate. It’s commonly injected into the spine for back pain, although one of the patients was infected after receiving an injection for ankle ...

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Legal action filed in meningitis outbreak

One of the patients who received an injection of tainted steroid linked to a deadly fungal meningitis outbreak has filed suit against the medication’s manufacturer in Minnesota District Court. It’s the first of what legal experts predict will be a wave of lawsuits, Reuters reports.

As of Oct. 12, the federal Centers for Disease Control announced that the number of cases related to the outbreak had risen ...

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