Thursday, May 23, 2013
The proposed legislation is in response to a meningitis outbreak that killed more than 50 people and infected more than 700 individuals. The outbreak was traced back to a Framingham-based company.
A U.S. Senate committee on Wednesday unanimously approved legislation that would increase federal oversight for companies that compound and sell sterile drugs across state lines, reported Reuters. The proposed legislation was introduced following a deadly meningitis outbreak that killed more than 50 people and infected another 700 in 2012. The outbreak was traced to contamination found in steroid injections made by Framingham-based New England Compounding Center. Sens. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), Al Franken (D-Minn.) and Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) drafted the bill to make the blurry regulatory lines surrounding the pharmacies more clear. On Tuesday, the bill was passed unanimously on a voice vote by the Senate Health, …
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Wednesday, April 17, 2013
House lawmakers said the Food and Drug Administration had many opportunities to stop the now-closed Framingham-based pharmacy linked to a deadly meningitis outbreak that has killed more than 50 people.
House Republicans and Democrats on Tuesday chastised the FDA for not being agggressive enough in policing compounding pharmacies. The lawmakers said the FDA had many opportunities over a decade to stop the New England Compounding Center, the specialty pharmacy that produced tainted pain injections that have sickened more than 700 people and killed 53 others, the Boston Globe reported. In the second hearing on the outbreak, the Globe reported, FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg reiterated that her agency needs clearer authority to go after compounding pharmacies, which have challenged the FDA’s authority in court since the 1990s. ‘‘I wish we had been more aggressive, and I can assure you that we are being more aggressive now,’’ Hamburg said…
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
The Center for Disease Control said Ohio marked its first fungal meningitis and Michigan its 14th death, related to tainted steroids produced at Framingham-based New England Compounding Center.
The U.S. Center for Disease Control said 50 people have now died, including the first first death in Ohio, in connection with a fungal meningitis outbreak tied to tainted steroid injections produced at Framingham-based New England Compounding Center. Michigan has recorded its 14th death. Tennessee and Michigan now both have 14 deaths. More than 700 people across America after being injected with a steroid pain medication produced at NECC in Framingham developed fungal meningitis, suffered strokes and were diagnosed with spinal and peripheral joint infections. Sunday night, 60 Minutes aired an investigation into the Waverly Street specialty pharmacy, that has since closed, surrendered its license, is being criminally investigated and faces …
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Friday, March 8, 2013
A NECC lab technician tells 60 Minutes reporter Scott Pelley he warned his supervisor the Framingham-based company's drugs were going to harm people a month before a medication the pharmacy produced began killing patients.
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Friday, March 8
A lab technician tells CBS News and 60 Minutes reporter Scott Pelley he warned his supervisor at the New England Compounding Center that the Framingham-based company's drugs were going to harm people a month before a medication the pharmacy produced began killing patients. Joe Connolly, in his first interview, says his concerns were literally met with a shrug by the supervisor at the center, which is now under criminal investigation. Connolly appears in a 60 Minutes investigation into NECC, the compounding pharmacy that produced thousands of vials of a steroid pain medication that caused fungal meningitis that has so far killed 48 individuals and infected more than 700 more, reported CBS News. Pelley's report will be broadcast on 60 …
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Thursday, February 14, 2013
The license revocation means Framingham-based New England Compounding Center cannot operate in Indiana for at least seven years.
The Indiana Board of Pharmacy agreed to revoke New England Compounding Center’s license for its connection to the fatal meningitis outbreak. The Framingham-based pharmacy reached a voluntary revocation agreement last week with the Indiana Attorney General. “Public health and safety is a top priority and today’s action was a necessary step to ensure this company, which put patients unnecessarily at risk, does not operate within our state’s borders going forward,” AG Greg Zoeller said in the press release. Zoeller said a license revocation means the company cannot operate in Indiana for at least seven years. The company could apply for a new license after that time, but the board would have to approve the license application. In November, …
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Saturday, January 26, 2013
The order by a bankruptcy court judge forbids the owners of the New England Compounding Center in Framingham, linked to a deadly meningitis outbreak, from spending or moving any of their assets.
A bankruptcy court judge on Friday froze the assets of the four owners of New England Compounding Center. The Framingham specialty pharmacy has been linked to the deadly meningitis outbreak that killed 44 and infected more than 600 individuals nationwide. NECC filed for bankruptcy protection just before Christmas. The order Friday by Judge Henry Boroff at a hearing in Springfield forbids the owners of the New England Compounding Center from spending or moving any of their assets, except to pay living expenses or legal bills, reported the Associated Press. The written order from the judge is expected to be released Monday. The order, which came in response to a motion by a creditors committee, applies to owners Barry Cadden, his wife Lisa …
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Wednesday, January 23, 2013
According to court documents, the family members, who served as the New England Compounding Center's directors paid themselves more than $16 million in wages and profits within a 12-month period.
The owners of the Framingham pharmacy linked to the national meningitis outbreak that infected more than 600 individuals and killed 44 individuals, received more than $16 million in wages and profits. According to court documents, the family members, who served as the New England Compounding Center's directors paid themselves more than $16 million with the largest payout to the the specialty pharmacy's majority shareholder, Carla Conigliaro - $8.7 million. Barry Cadden, the company's chief pharmacist, received about $3.2 million in 2012, filings show. His wife, Lisa Cadden, received about $2.8 million. Greg Conigliaro, a recycling entrepreneur received about $1.6 million. Carla Conigliaro owns 55 percent of the company stock, while her …
Saturday, January 5, 2013
Wilmington-based UniFirst issued a statement calling the claims “unfounded” and “without merit.”
New England Compounding Center, the Framingham specialty pharmacy company linked to the deadly nationwide meningitis outbreak is blaming its cleaning contractor. Lawyers for New England Compounding Center (NECC) sent a letter to UniFirst’s “Uniclean” business demanding that it take legal responsibility for the claims made against NECC, first reported the Boston Globe. “This demand relates to the limited, once-a-month cleaning services the Company provided to portions of NECC’s cleanroom facilities,” an SEC filing by UniFirst stated. Wilmington-based UniFirst issued a statement calling the claims “without merit.” Federal investigators found widespread evidence of mold and other contamination when they visited New England Compounding in …
Friday, January 4, 2013
"This legislation makes patient safety paramount and will help fill the gaps in compounding pharmacy monitoring that allowed NECC to operate in the shadows,” said the Governor.
Governor Deval Patrick Friday announced he is filing legislation to reform the Massachusetts Board of Pharmacy and strengthen state oversight of the compounding pharmacy industry in Massachusetts. The Governor’s legislation, along with related actions the Administration is taking, builds on recommendations released today, Jan. 4 by the Commission on Pharmacy Compounding. The Governor established the Commission in October 2012 as part of the Administration’s comprehensive response to the national fungal meningitis outbreak linked to products manufactured at the New England Compounding Center (NECC) in Framingham. “There is no action that we in government can take to prevent all abuses in all industries – but we must do what we can. This …
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Friday, December 21, 2012
The Framingham pharmacy linked to the national meningitis outbreak filed for Chapter 11 today, Dec. 21 in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Massachusetts.
New England Compounding Center, the Framingham speciality pharamcy linked to the deadly, national meningitis outbreak, said today it has filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. The filing seeks to establish a fund to compensate individuals and families affected by a nationwide meningitis outbreak. In papers filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of Massachusetts, the Waverly Street company said its goal is to provide a greater, quicker, fairer payout to its creditors than they could achieve through piecemeal litigation. The company also announced the appointment of Keith D. Lowey as and independent director of NECC and as the company's chief restrucsturing officer. Lowey will be responsible for NECC's effort to …
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LittleRedFacedRonzio
2:34 pm on Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Who cares, I got paid. These so called victims need to quit whining. more ›