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Draft Bill to Make Clear Oversight Responsibilities for Pharmaceutical Compounding

Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and Ranking Member Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), with Senators Al Franken (D-Minn.) and Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) and other members of the HELP Committee, on Friday, ...More

4 weeks ago

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CDC to Host Call for Clinicians on Outbreak of Fungal Meningitis and Other Infections

The Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC) is hosting a call for clinicians on the outbreak of fungal meningitis and other infections on Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at 5 p.m. ET. The conference call for clinicians interested in additional information about the ...More

March 11, 2013

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Researchers Emphasize Importance of Vaccinating for All Meningitis Strains

Scientists at the University of Southampton have taken a significant and important step in keeping people safe from the most common form of meningitis in the UK. Meningitis B (also known as Meningococcal group B or MenB) is one of the deadliest strains of meningitis. Each ...More

February 27, 2013

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Scientists Debate CDC Recommendations During Fungal Meningitis Outbreak

A pair of commentaries to appear in an upcoming issue of the journal Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy highlight a debate within the public health community surrounding Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendations for treatment of exposed individuals ...More

February 5, 2013

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Survey Shares Pharmacist, Technician Perspectives on Compounded Sterile Product Management

The national outbreak last year of fungal meningitis from contaminated steroidinjections dispensed from a compounding pharmacy issued a wake-up call to the healthcare community. Results from a survey recently released by the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) ...More

January 30, 2013

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Rapid Test for Fungus That Caused Injection Deaths Has Been Developed

A rapid detection test for Exserhilum rostratum, the fungus primarily responsible for 39 deaths among patients injected last year with a contaminated steroid medication, has been developed by a research team led by David S. Perlin, PhD, executive director of the Public ...More

January 9, 2013

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FDA Seeks Public Comment on Pharmacy Compounding Following Fungal Meningitis Cases

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is inviting public comment through Jan. 18, 2013, on a framework for pharmacy compounding. The recent outbreak of fungal meningitis associated with drugs produced and sold by New ...More

January 2, 2013

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Additional Contamination Identified in Medical Products from New England Compounding Center

As part of the ongoing investigation of the multistate outbreak of fungal meningitis and other infections, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) continue to test medical products from the New England Compounding ...More

December 21, 2012

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CDC Recommends Assertive Clinical Evaluation of Potential Fungal Meningitis Patients

In a Dec. 20, 2012 health alert, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is informing clinicians that new information from diagnostic imaging of patients exposed to contaminated methylprednisolone acetate (MPA) from the New England Compounding Center (NECC) in ...More

December 21, 2012

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Second-hand Smoke Increases Risk of Invasive Meningococcal Disease in Children

The dangers of second-hand smoke on children continue to become ever more apparent. A new study published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Public Health shows that second-hand smoke and fetal exposure due to maternal smoking while pregnant significantly increase ...More

December 10, 2012

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