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Congress slams health officials over tainted drugs linked to meningitis outbreak
WASHINGTON — US lawmakers slammed federal and state health officials Wednesday for failing to properly police a pharmacy whose tainted drugs caused a deadly fungal meningitis outbreak. “This tragedy could have been avoided,” said Congressman Cliff Stearns, who chairs the Energy and Commerce Committee’s oversight and investigations panel. The Florida…
House committee summons pharmacy CEO to testify on meningitis outbreak
Head of compounding pharmacy blamed for outbreak that has killed 30 summoned to appear alongside drug regulators The head of a compounding pharmacy blamed for a meningitis outbreak that has killed 30 people in the US has been summoned to appear before a House committee, alongside drug regulators. The energy and commerce…
Steroid company’s political ties surface as meningitis outbreak worsens
Victims of the meningitis outbreak blamed for 29 deaths across 19 states are now reporting spinal infections, The New York Times reported Thursday. Most of the reports of the infection, known as an epidural abscess, have originated in Michigan, site of 112 meningitis cases during the outbreak. “This is a…
Meningitis outbreak death toll rises to 23 as reported cases also increase
Nearly two-dozen have died as disease is traced back to fungal contaminate at New England compounding company The death toll from a rare form on fungal meningitis linked to contaminated steroid shots prepared by a Massachusetts pharmacy has now risen to 23, health officials said Saturday. The Centers for Disease…
Officials identify two new drugs tied to meningitis outbreak
US health officials identified two new drugs Monday which may have infected patients with meningitis as they investigate a widening outbreak tied to tainted products from a Massachusetts pharmacy. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) urged doctors to contact patients who received drugs produced by the firm to warn them…
Meningitis outbreak surpasses 200 cases in 14 states
Fifteen people have died as a result of the rare form of meningitis as patients move to sue Massachusetts compounder The number of cases of a deadly fungal meningitis thought caused by contaminated steroid shots prepared by a pharmacy compounder in Massachusetts has risen above the 200 mark, health officials…
Meningitis outbreak: Massachusetts agencies ‘failed to enforce regulations’ on big pharma
State agencies are facing questions over the enforcement of existing regulations covering compounding pharmacies like the New England Compounding Center Authorities in Massachusetts have been accused of failing to properly enforce regulations aimed at protecting patients from contaminated drugs, after the death toll from an outbreak of meningitis linked to…
Seven dead as meningitis outbreak reaches nine states
Seven people have died in a meningitis outbreak that has affected 64 people in nine states, The Associated Press reported Saturday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its website Saturday to confirm that there have been cases connected to the outbreak reported in Minnesota and Ohio, joining…
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