Our Boston product liability lawyers recently discussed the arrest of NECC owners and employees in connection with the meningitis outbreak that occurred in 2012. The outbreak, which left 64 dead and caused more than 750 people to contract meningitis, was traced to contaminated steroids from the New England Compounding Center.…
In 2012, a meningitis outbreak was traced to a New England compounding facility. As our Boston product liability lawyers wrote at the time, multiple drugs were linked to the meningitis outbreak. More than two years later, many of the victims and their family members are still trying to get justice…
According to a recent news article from CBS Boston, the founders of a Framingham compounding pharmacy and 12 other employees have been charged with racketeering and second-degree murder. Court papers indicated the compounding pharmacy was only licensed to manufacture small numbers of specific drugs for individual patients. This is the…
In previous posts, we have discussed the dangerous nature of compounding pharmacies, including the lack of federal regulation, the risk of counterfeit, and the general threat to consumers in Massachusetts and nationwide. Last year a meningitis outbreak and other events involving compounded drugs lead to serious infection and in many…
It’s been almost a year since a fungal meningitis outbreak swept the country, with officials later tracing the cases to Massachusetts compounding pharmacies. compounding pharmacy injuries continue as lawmakers and public officials begin drawing a harder line with regard to regulation of these facilities. Unfortunately, despite numerous promises, those regulatory…