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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