Mass. gov.: Fungus seen at meningitis-linked firm

Per the article:

But company attorney Paul Cirel said it’s “hard to imagine” state regulators weren’t previously aware of the scale of its operations because they’ve worked so closely together. The state Board of Registration in Pharmacy has always had complete access to the facility, and board members were there as recently as last summer, he said.

“NECC’s transparency in dealing with the board since inception in 1998 demonstrates its good-faith intention to operate in compliance with the requirements of its license,” Cirel said.

Board members there as recently as last summer? If this is true… can you say COMPLICIT in these deaths?

The MA BOP has REVOKED the license of the three RPH’s associated with NECC…  does this smell of corruption..or just another case of  “..looking the other way and no one will notice…”

Three lots of steroids produced by the company are suspected in the outbreak, and the company shipped orders from those lots 13 times before receiving the results of its own tests to confirm those lots were sterile. Some medication was shipped as many as 11 days before the company received test results

Dr. Madeleine Biondolillo, director of the state Department of Public Health’s Bureau of Healthcare Safety, also detailed signs of flawed sterilization procedures, including black specks of fungus in sealed vials of the steroids, which were returned to the company during a recall.

300 sick… 23 deaths.. whole lot of guilt to go around ….

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