Mass Pharmacy Board Director Fired For Failing to Investigate Framingham Pharmacy
Massachusetts Health Commissioner said Wednesday the state uncovered a complaint against the the Framingham pharmacy by a Colorado pharmacy and that the director failed to investigate or take action.
Massachusetts fired the director of its Board of Pharmacy after he failed to investigate a complaint against New England Compounding Center. The Framingham specialty pharmacy is linked to a deadly, national meningitis outbreak that has infected more than 400 people and killed 31. Oficials from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts said Wednesday they uncovered a complaint against the Framingham-based NECC by a Colorado pharmacy regulators months before the outbreak. NECC was distributing drugs without patient-specific prescriptions said the complaint. The complaint was forwarded to James Coffey, director of the Massachusetts pharmacy board in late July and the deadly outbreak began in September. Below is the statement by Massachusetts …
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