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Mass. shuts down another compounding pharmacy
(AP)—Massachusetts officials say they have shut down a compounding pharmacy after a surprise inspection prompted by the nationwide meningitis outbreak linked to a different state company.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 29, 2012 |
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Pfizer will buy NextWave Pharma for up to $700M
(AP)—Pfizer said Monday it will buy NextWave Pharmaceuticals Inc., a company that makes a liquid attention deficit hyperactivity disorder drug, in a deal worth as much as $700 million.
Medications
Oct 22, 2012 |
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US : Fungus in tainted steroids and patients match (Update 2)
(AP)—The fungus found in tainted steroid shots matches the one blamed in the national meningitis outbreak that has killed 20 people, federal health officials said Thursday.
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Oct 18, 2012 |
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Meningitis outbreak deaths rise to 19
(AP)—Health officials say four more people have died in the national meningitis outbreak, bringing the number of deaths to 19.
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Oct 17, 2012 |
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Use of anti-psychotic drugs by people with dementia 'under reported'
The scale of the challenge to reduce the use of anti-psychotic drugs by people with dementia may be under-estimated, according to researchers from Aston University and the University of East Anglia, working with NHS Kent ...
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Oct 17, 2012 |
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Experts list many ways funguses can taint drugs
(AP)—Experts say there are many ways funguses could have gotten inside the Massachusetts pharmacy at the center of the deadly U.S. outbreak of fungal meningitis.
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Oct 16, 2012 |
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US: Pharmacy's other drugs may be causing illness
Two more drugs from a specialty pharmacy linked to a meningitis outbreak are now being investigated, U.S. health officials said, as they urged doctors to contact patients who got any kind of injection from the company.
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Oct 15, 2012 |
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At CDC, scientists fight to halt a deadly outbreak
(AP)—At the main campus of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, dozens of people are working day and night to bring a meningitis outbreak under control.
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Oct 14, 2012 |
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Calls for more US oversight after tainted drug outbreak
A deadly meningitis outbreak in the United States blamed on a tainted drug has triggered outrage and calls for tighter regulation of the loosely controlled pharmaceutical compounding industry.
Medications
Oct 11, 2012 |
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2nd firm agrees to temporary shutdown in outbreak
(AP)—A Massachusetts company run by the same executives who operated a specialty pharmacy linked to a fatal meningitis outbreak has agreed to temporarily shut down for inspection by state and federal regulators.
Medications
Oct 10, 2012 |
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Mass. gov: Drug firm may have misled regulators
(AP)—Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick says the specialty pharmacy linked to a deadly meningitis outbreak may have misled regulators and done work beyond the scope of its state license.
Medications
Oct 10, 2012 |
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Meningitis outbreak toll: 119 cases, 11 deaths
(AP)—The number of people sickened by a deadly meningitis outbreak has now reached 119 cases, including 11 deaths.
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Oct 09, 2012 |
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First universal standards guiding content, appearance of prescription container labels
With medication misuse resulting in more than one million adverse drug events per year in the United States, new standards released today by the U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) for the first time provide a universal approach ...
Medications
Oct 09, 2012 |
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Steroid-related meningitis cases rise to 105
(AP)—Health officials say the number of people sickened by a deadly meningitis outbreak has now reached 105 cases.
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Oct 08, 2012 |
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CDC: More than 90 people ill with meningitis
(AP)—Health officials say they have now confirmed more than 90 cases of a rare fungal meningitis that has been linked to a steroid commonly used to ease back pain.
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Oct 07, 2012 |
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