Saturday, October 27, 2012

Indiana AG targets pharmaceutical company with petition


Posted: 10/27/2012 at 1:15 am

By: Angelle Barbazon
abarbazon@etruth.com

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller wants the license of a Massachusetts pharmaceutical company suspended after it was linked to a fungal meningitis outbreak in 18 states.

Zoeller filed an emergency petition today, Oct. 26, asking the Indiana Board of Pharmacy to take a license away from the New England Compounding Center, a drug manufacturer in Framingham, Mass. The company produced contaminated steroid medications used to control back pain. The drugs were recalled Sept. 26 after being distributed to about 75 clinics in 23 states.

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