Attorney Fred Pritzker, the author of this post, is representing Traci (TM) and over 40 patients harmed in the national fungal meningitis outbreak. In the weeks since discovery of the massive fungal meningitis outbreak traced to the New England Compounding Center in Massachusetts, much of the news has centered on the company’s long history of … Read more
The pharmacy board chief in Massachusetts, where tainted injectable steroids that have sickened 424 people in 19 states and caused 31 fatalities were produced, has been fired. James Coffey, director of the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Pharmacy, did not act on a complaint that the New England Compounding Center (NECC) was functioning like a drug manufacturer. … Read more
Ameridose LLC, the sister company to the compounding pharmacy linked to a fungal meningitis outbreak that has sickened 377 in 28 states and killed nine people, announced a recall of all of its products yesterday after federal inspectors discovered inadequacies in its sterility testing procedures. The Westborough, Mass.- based company, which distributes drugs to thousands … Read more
The FDA has released a preliminary report of its investigation of the compounding pharmacy facility owned by New England Compounding Center (NECC), the company whose methylprednisolone acetate has been linked to over 300 cases of fungal meningitis and over 20 deaths. Last week, the FDA confirmed that it found a fungus that has sickened outbreak … Read more