December 14, 2012
Lawsuits against New England Compounding Center (NECC) are seeking millions from the company for cases of fungal infection (primarily fungal meningitis). The number of CDC-confirmed cases of fungal meningitis (368) has not grown for several days, leading health officials to…
December 6, 2012
The CDC and FDA continue to find more bacteria and fungi mold (fungus) in betamethasone, triamcinolone and cardioplegia solution manufactured by New England Compounding Center (NECC). CDC and FDA Laboratory-Confirmed Organisms from Product Samples Associated with NECC Recalled Lots of…
December 4, 2012
Update: Our Bad Bug Law Team won money for people sickened in the fungal infection outbreak discussed below. Contact our lawyers if you have been diagnosed with an infection and you believe it was caused by contaminated medication administered to…
November 30, 2012
Thousands of people have been harmed by drugs made by New England Compounding Center (NECC). The serious injuries include fungal meningitis, stroke and paraspinal/spinal infections. To date, most of the illnesses are from NECC methylprednisolone acetate (MPA): 510 infections and…
November 27, 2012
Our Minnesota law firm is helping dozens of people like you who had an epidural injection for back pain that contained methylprednisolone acetate (MPA) made by New England Compounding Center (NECC). You trusted the clinic to use safe medication, but…
November 16, 2012
Attorney Fred Pritzker, the author of this post, is representing Traci (TM) and over 40 patients harmed in the national fungal infection outbreak linked to New England Compounding Center (NECC). He can be contacted for a free consultation here regarding…
November 15, 2012
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) has identified a 13th patient with a fungal infection following treatment with tainted injectable steroids made by the New England Compounding Center (NECC), a compounding pharmacy in Massachusetts. The patient is a female in…
November 14, 2012
Over 14,000 people have been harmed by NECC methylprednisolone acetate (steroid) injections. AttorneyFred Pritzker and his Bad Bug Law Team are nationally-recognized for winning infectious disease personal injury and wrongful death cases, including meningitis and septic arthritis cases. Fred is…
November 12, 2012
Traci M (TM) is one of eleven people in Minnesota with CDC-confirmed cases of fungal meningitis linked to epidural steroid shots for pain made by New England Compounding Center (NECC). Three lots of the company’s methylprednisolone acetate (preservative free), a…
November 12, 2012
Tests at CDC and FDA laboratories have found fungus, Exserohilum rostratum, in unopened vials of two lots of methylprednisolone acetate (MPA) compounded and distributed by New England Compounding Center (NECC). “This ‘smoking gun’ evidence solidly links NECC methylprednisolone acetate to…
November 9, 2012
In July of this year, the Colorado Board of Pharmacy filed a complaint against New England Compounding Center (NECC) stating that NECC had distributed “manufactured” drugs in bulk and without patient-specific prescriptions to many hospitals in Colorado between 2010 and…
November 8, 2012
Attorney Fred Pritzker and his Bad Bug Law Team are providing free case reviews for families whose loved ones died of fungal meningitis or stroke after an epidural injection of methylprednisolone acetate (MPA) made by New England Compounding Center (NECC).…