FDA finds more tainted products at pharmacy linked to meningitis
{mosads}But the agency said its findings “reinforce the FDA’s concern about the lack of sterility in products produced at NECC’s compounding facility and serve to underscore that hospitals, clinics, and health care providers should not use any NECC-supplied products.”
The NECC has been under intense scrutiny from regulators and lawmakers since early October. As a drug compounder, it distributed specially mixed medications on a large scale but was not obligated to follow rules that apply to traditional drugmakers.
Twenty-eight people had died from cases of meningitis linked to its steroid injections as of Friday. The firm surrendered its license and recalled all of its products last month.
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