FDA identifies providers who received NECC products (AHA - American Hospital...
The Food and Drug Administration today released a list of health care providers, by state, who received products shipped from the New England Compounding Center in Framingham, MA, on or after May 21,...
View ArticleNew Drugs Eyed in Meningitis Outbreak
Two more drugs from a specialty pharmacy linked to a meningitis outbreak are now being investigated, U.S. health officials said, as they urged doctors to contact patients who got any kind of injection...
View ArticlePharmacy linked to meningitis shipped drugs before verifying sterilility,...
NEW YORK — At least 13 times, the Massachusetts pharmacy linked to a deadly fungal meningitis outbreak shipped orders of injectable steroid before it obtained the results of sterility testing,...
View ArticleFeds raid Massachusetts lab tied to meningitis outbreak
BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Federal agents on Tuesday raided the Massachusetts pharmacy linked to a meningitis outbreak that has killed 15 people and sickened more than 200 others, federal prosecutors...
View ArticleMore drugs may be linked to meningitis outbreak: FDA
CHICAGO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two other drugs made by the Massachusetts pharmacy at the center of a deadly meningitis outbreak may be linked to the disease, U.S. health regulators said on Monday,...
View ArticleSource of meningitis supplied many local hospitals
Dozens of Philadelphia-area health-care facilities, including some of the largest hospitals, were among the thousands nationwide that received products in the last five months from the Massachusetts...
View ArticleSome 13,000 May Have Gotten Meningitis-Linked Drug
By TIMOTHY W. MARTIN, THOMAS M. BURTON and BETSY MCKAY An estimated 13,000 patients may have been exposed to the tainted spinal steroid injections which have sickened more than 100 people with fungal...
View ArticleFungal Meningitis Lawsuits Being Investigated by Bernstein Liebhard LLP
Contaminated epidural steroid injections distributed by the New England Compounding Center (NECC) have been implicated in 297 infections, including 23 deaths from fungal meningitis. New York, New York...
View ArticleFDA probes more drugs in meningitis outbreak
New York -- Two more drugs from a specialty pharmacy linked to a meningitis outbreak are now being investigated, U.S. health officials said Monday as they urged doctors to contact patients who...
View ArticleMeningitis outbreak spreads to 18 states with South Carolina case
(Reuters) - The deadly outbreak of fungal meningitis tied to tainted steroid medications from a Massachusetts company expanded to 18 states on Thursday with South Carolina reporting its first probable...
View ArticleNew England Compounding Center, Pharmacy Tied To Meningitis Outbreak, Raided...
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss and Bill Berkrot BOSTON/NEW YORK, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Federal agents on Tuesday raided the Massachusetts pharmacy linked to a meningitis outbreak that has killed 15 people and...
View ArticleQuestions and answers about the meningitis outbreak tied to steroids
A deadly meningitis outbreak linked to steroid drugs from a Massachusetts pharmacy continues to spread a month after the products were recalled. There have been 312 cases of fungal meningitis or...
View ArticleMore Drugs Linked to Meningitis Outbreak: FDA — October 16, 2012 › (The Blue...
More Drugs Linked to Meningitis Outbreak: FDA Fungal meningitis cases jumped to 231 on Tuesday, along with 2 cases of joint infection October 16, 2012 By Steven Reinberg and Margaret Steele HealthDay...
View ArticleNumber of U.S. meningitis cases from tainted injections tops 300
The number of U.S. cases of meningitis from tainted injections of a steroid medication has reached 304, up 10 from a day earlier, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday....
View ArticleUPDATE 1-More drugs may be linked to US meningitis outbreak-FDA
* FDA says other products may be linked to outbreak * CDC says more than 200 people infected so far * Compant faces multiple investigations (Recasts with new FDA warning, updates number of cases) By...
View ArticleMore Drugs Linked to Meningitis Outbreak: FDA — October 15, 2012 › (The Blue...
More Drugs Linked to Meningitis Outbreak: FDA Investigating reports of fungal infections in 2 heart transplant patients October 15, 2012 By Steven Reinberg and Margaret Steele HealthDay Reporters...
View ArticleFDA: Pharmacy’s other drugs may be causing illness
NEW YORK (AP) – Two more drugs from a specialty pharmacy linked to a meningitis outbreak are now being investigated, U.S. health officials said, as they urged doctors to contact patients who got any...
View ArticleFeds look at other drugs at pharmacy in meningitis probe
NEW YORK — Two more drugs from a specialty pharmacy linked to a meningitis outbreak are now being investigated, U.S. health officials said, as they urged doctors to contact patients who got any kind...
View ArticlePharmacy suspends operations after meningitis outbreak
A Massachusetts company that produced a medical compound linked to a multi-state outbreak of a rare form of meningitis has suspended operations, according to a statement from the company. The New...
View ArticleAs Meningitis Outbreak Grows, Chicago Drug Injury Lawyer Calls for Thorough...
Attorney Patrick A. Salvi of Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C. says he supports an ‘aggressive investigation’ of the Massachusetts pharmacy that is reported to be at the center of an outbreak of...
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