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Continuous Effects for Victims of Meningitis Outbreak Caused by Tainted Steroids

By Joe Messa

One year later, Philadelphia medical malpractice attorneys revisit the deadly multi-state fungal meningitis outbreak that left 64 people dead and hundreds of others sickened. The meningitis outbreak was linked to tainted steroid injections manufactured by New England Compounding Center of Framingham, Mass. The company has been closed since last year following an investigation that turned […]

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Regulations of Compounding Pharmacies Debated in the Wake of National Meningitis Scare

By Joe Messa

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health says the compounding pharmacy, New England Compounding Center, tied to a widespread fungal meningitis outbreak had dirty floors and a leaky boiler. Inspectors also reported finding lapses in the use and maintenance of autoclaves, machines designed to kill any potential contaminant, at NECC. The safety issues may have compromised […]

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