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Are Fungal Meningitis Claims Medical Malpractice Or Product Liability Claims?
As the recent fungal meningitis outbreak in the United States associated with contaminated epidural steroid injections produced by the New England Compounding Center (NECC) since May 21, 2012 spreads...
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FDA’S Disturbing Inspection Of The New England Compounding Center
The FDA issued a report on October 26, 2012 regarding its inspection of the facilities of the New England Compounding Center (NECC) that took place on October 1-2, 4-5, 9, 15, and 26, 2012, and the...
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Pennsylvania Wrongful Death Claim For Failure To Deliver Oxygen To Patient’s...
On October 24, 2012, a Pennsylvania man filed a wrongful death lawsuit against an oxygen supply company for its alleged failure to timely deliver sufficient oxygen to the home of his 57-year-old mother...
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Another Massachusetts Compounding Pharmacy Loses License
Infusion Resource, a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy that produces sterile injectable medications for patients recently discharged from the hospital, has voluntarily surrendered its pharmacy license...
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Maryland Lyme Disease Case: Pharmacy Held Responsible For Improper...
On October 25, 2000, an infectious disease specialist diagnosed his patient with Lyme disease and gave her a prescription for doxycycline, a Tetracycline-based drug commonly prescribed for the...
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FDA Shuts Down More Than 18,000 Illegal Internet Pharmacy Websites
Between September 25 and October 2, 2012, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”), in cooperation and coordination with international law enforcement and regulatory agencies in 100 countries,...
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Medication Mistake Leads To Illinois Medical Malpractice Claim
On January 2, 2013, a medical malpractice claim was filed in Illinois against a nursing home in which it is alleged that medication mistakes led to a resident’s death. The medical malpractice lawsuit...
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Pennsylvania Nursing Home Fined For Drug Problems
A nursing home in Pennsylvania was fined $1,950 by the State of Pennsylvania for its alleged failure to effectively manage and maintain pharmaceutical services for its residents. The nursing home...
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Alabama Lawsuit Alleges Permanent Injuries From NECC’s Contaminated Steroid
As part of the continuing fallout from allegedly contaminated steroid injections manufactured by the New England Compounding Company (“NECC”), an Alabama woman has filed a lawsuit against NECC and a...
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Tennessee Compounding Pharmacy Recalls Products, Contamination Found In Two...
The FDA announced on June 6, 2013 that it has identified bacterial and fungal growth in samples from two unopened vials of preservative-free (“PF”) methylprednisolone acetate (“MPA”) 80 mg/mL, 10mL...
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Hospital Pharmacist Malpractice
Hospital pharmacists are not immune to medical malpractice claims. Such claims may involve the wrong medication being dispensed (especially if the drugs have similar sounding names), the wrong dosage...
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Georgia Pharmacy Malpractice Case Filed
A federal lawsuit seeking damages in the amount of $750,000 has been filed in Georgia on behalf of a now 9-year-old girl who allegedly suffered injuries as a result of a Georgia pharmacy’s labeling...
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New York Supreme Court Holds Pharmacist Not Liable For Filling Prescription...
In a case decided by the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department (“New York Supreme Court”) on October 4, 2013, the New York Supreme Court held that a...
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Virginia Wrongful Death Lawsuit Settled For Fungal Meningitis Death
A man suffering from back pain received contaminated steroids at a Roanoke clinic and died as a result of fungal meningitis. His family has now settled for an undisclosed sum the medical malpractice...
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