Another Massachusetts Compounding Pharmacy Loses License
October 31, 2012
Infusion Resource, a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy that produces sterile injectable medications for patients recently discharged from the hospital, has voluntarily surrendered its pharmacy license following an unannounced inspection of its facilities by the Massachusetts Department of Public H[...]
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Fungal Meningitis Outbreak: More NECC Products Are Suspected
October 16, 2012
The FDA issued a press release on October 15, 2012 regarding the ongoing fungal meningitis outbreak in the United States that is suspected to be associated with contaminated epidural steroid injections manufactured by the New England Compounding Center (“NECC”) since May 21, 2012. The [...]
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Chronology Of The Fungal Meningitis Outbreak
October 14, 2012
By now most people in the United States have heard about the current outbreak of fungal meningitis in the United States that has been linked to contaminated epidural steroid injections manufactured by a compounding pharmacy headquartered in Massachusetts. Three lots of the potentially contaminated[...]
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What Is A “Compounding Pharmacy”?
October 12, 2012
With the current attention being focused on the fungal meningitis outbreak in the United States that appears to be the result of contaminated epidural steroid injections manufactured by the compounding pharmacy, New England Compounding Center (“NECC”), you may wonder, what is a compou[...]
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Fungal Meningitis Outbreak Update By The CDC
October 11, 2012
On October 10, 2012, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) issued an update regarding the recent fungal meningitis outbreak in which it reported that there have been 137 cases of fungal meningitis allegedly associated with contaminated epidural steroid injections in 1[...]
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CDC’s Fungal Meningitis Update (October 7, 2012)
October 8, 2012
On October 7, 2012, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) updated the information regarding the recent fungal meningitis outbreak in the United States. The CDC update stated: CDC is coordinating a multistate investigation of meningitis among patients who received e[...]
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$50 Million Settlement Paid By Drug Supplier To Nursing Homes
May 14, 2012
A company that provides drugs to nursing homes and other long-term care facilities recently settled federal civil claims against it that alleged that the company dispensed drugs to nursing homes without proper prescriptions for the medications. The $50 million settlement involves allegations that th[...]
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