Saturday, October 13, 2012

CORKER, ALEXANDER ASK FDA FOR CLARITY ON OVERSIGHT OF MASSACHUSETTS PHARMACY LINKED TO FUNGAL MENINGITIS OUTBREAK


October 12, 2012

WASHINGTON - In response to the deadly, nationwide outbreak of fungal meningitis linked to steroid injections distributed by the Massachusetts-based New England Compounding Center (NECC), U.S. Senators Bob Corker and Lamar Alexander, both R-Tenn., today sent a letter to FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg asking for clarity regarding existing laws governing oversight of compounding pharmacies like NECC and information about any inspections of NECC and actions taken since the FDA warned the center in December 2006. "We are writing to express our deep concern about the recent outbreak of fungal ... [continue]  

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