New England Compounding Center

Pharmacy Officials Arrested
Pharmacy Officials Arrested
Pharmacy Officials Arrested
Mold and bacteria were in the air and on workers’ gloved fingertips. Pharmacists used expired ingredients, didn’t properly sterilize them and failed to test drugs for purity before sending them to hospitals and pain clinics. Employees falsified logs to make it look as if the so-called clean rooms had been disinfected...
Meningitis Outbreak Arrest
Meningitis Outbreak Arrest
Meningitis Outbreak Arrest
A former employee of a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy that made steroid injections blamed for the deaths of 64 people has been arrested at a Boston airport. Federal authorities say Glenn Adam Chin was arrested Thursday at Logan International Airport as he was about to board a flight for Hong Kong...
Settlement Reached
Settlement Reached
Settlement Reached
A settlement has been reached that could result in a more than $100 million fund for victims of a nationwide meningitis outbreak linked to a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy. The agreement between the owners and insurers of New England Compounding Center and court-appointed bankruptcy trustee Paul Moore was filed Tuesday with a U...
Report Finds Lax Oversight Of Specialty Pharmacies
Report Finds Lax Oversight Of Specialty Pharmacies
Report Finds Lax Oversight Of Specialty Pharmacies
A congressional investigation finds that specialty pharmacies like the one that triggered a deadly meningitis outbreak last year get little state oversight.       The new report from House Democrats shows that most states do not track or routinely inspect compounding pharmacies and that pharmacy boards in nearly all 50 states lack the information and expertise they need...
Compunding Pharmacies Subject Of Mass. Senate Hearing
Compunding Pharmacies Subject Of Mass. Senate Hearing
Compunding Pharmacies Subject Of Mass. Senate Hearing
State Senator Mark Montigny says there should have been more regulation on the Mass. Compounding Pharmacies right from the start.  One such pharmacy, the New England Compounding Center of Framingham, is being blamed for producing a tainted steroid that officials say caused  a nationwide outbreak of fungal meningitis, and 44 deaths.  T...