Sunday, October 14, 2012

NECC, Company At Center Of Meningitis Outbreak, Facing State Investigations, Prison Possibilities

Reuters | Posted: Updated: 10/14/2012 11:53 am EDT

Prison sentence possible if violations found in Michigan

* Case shows patchwork nature of state regulations on compounders

* Idaho says unclear if NECC acted as manufacturer or wholesaler

By David Bailey

MINNEAPOLIS, Oct 13 (Reuters) - U.S. states are stepping up scrutiny of the company at the center of a deadly meningitis scare, with two states accusing it of violating licensing rules and several others starting investigations of its activities, according to a Reuters survey of states affected.

Michigan, with the second largest number of meningitis cases, and Massachusetts, where the New England Compounding Center is located, have been the most aggressive, saying they believe NECC violated their regulations.

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