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BOSTON, Jan. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- New England Compounding Center (NECC), the Massachusetts compounding pharmacy at the center of the nation's deadly fungal meningitis outbreak, revealed in bankruptcy court filings late on Friday, January 18 that since December 2011 it had paid more than $21 million to NECC's four primary owners, Barry Cadden, Gregory Conigliaro, Carla Conigliaro and Lisa Conigliaro-Cadden, and other NECC insiders. Details of these insider transfers can be found...
Number of Deaths from Fungal Meningitis Associated with Steroid Injections Produced by New England Compounding Center (NECC) Reach 40. Tennessee is Hardest-Hit State. Columbus, OH (PRWEB) January 11, 2013 Wright & Schulte LLC, a leading harmful drug side effect law firm and Ohio personal injury law firm, reports that 664 cases of fungal meningitis and other fungal infections have now been linked to tainted steroid injections produced by the New England Compounding Center (NECC)....
Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Massachusetts health regulators are continuing to crack down on compounding pharmacies in the wake of the deadliest meningitis outbreak due to contaminated steroidal injections in US history. On Thursday, the Department of Public Health (DPH) found problems at three more compounding facilities in the state and have ordered those pharms to cease and desist operations until further notice. The notices came as part of the...
Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online New details have emerged over the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) ineffective efforts to regulate a Massachusetts drug maker that has been at the center of the national meningitis health crisis this year. The deadly meningitis outbreak, which has so far sickened close to 500 people, and has killed 34, is directly linked to steroidal injections produced by Massachusetts-based New England Compounding Center. In documents...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists (IACP) today asked U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Margaret Hamburg to explain why the agency did not take specific actions to address complaints it had received about the New England Compounding Center, the company that according to federal officials is responsible for 33 deaths and the illness of over 400 more in the current outbreak of meningitis. (Logo:...
Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online As cases of fungal meningitis stemming from tainted steroid injections continue to climb, lawmakers outline the scope of the deadly outbreak that has so far affected more than 438 people and has resulted in 32 deaths, according to CDC data. In investigations of the government’s response to the outbreak, a US House of Representatives panel has found that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had known more than a decade ago...
Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Massachusetts Board of Pharmacy director James D. Coffey has been fired after allegedly ignoring complaints that Framingham-based New England Compounding Center (NECC) had illegally shipped bulk orders of drugs to Colorado hospitals, reports Boston.com's Kay Lazar. The shipments were in direct violation of Colorado’s state licenses, according to MA state health officials. Yet, the long-time director of the pharmacy board failed...
Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online The US death toll from a fungal meningitis outbreak tied to contaminated steroid injections has climbed to 25. Total cases have also climbed to 331, with an additional seven cases of joint infections, according to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). South Carolina became the latest state to have an affected case, the 18th of 23 states that had received the steroid injections from the New England...
Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online The number of cases of fungal meningitis due to a contaminated injectable drug produced by the New England Compounding Center (NECC) in Framingham, Massachusetts has risen from 245 cases on Friday to 285 over the weekend. As well, the number of deaths have increased to 23, with 3 new deaths reported over the weekend. While only one case was reported on Sunday, US health experts are warning it could be many months before the...
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports – Your Universe Online The Boston-based pharmacy at the heart of a growing meningitis outbreak is being sued by the victims who have fallen ill after receiving injectable steroid treatments for back pain. According to Friday reports by Tim McLaughlin of Reuters, patients filed a lawsuit against executives at the New England Compounding Center (NECC), attempting to freeze their assets. Company officials Barry Cadden, Lisa Cadden, and Greg Conigliaro...
