Thursday, January 3, 2013
The Westborough firm shares owners with the Framingham company tied to the meningitis outbreak.
State health officials have extended the closing of Ameridose for six weeks, the Boston Globe reports. The Globe reports the state Department of Public Health said in a statement that the Westborough drug company will continue undergoing a joint state and federal investigation regarding “unsanitary conditions and questionable sterility practices at the facility." Ameridose shares owners with the New England Compounding Center, a specialty pharmacy in Framingham linked to the national deadly meningitis outbreak. On Oct. 10, the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Pharmacy reached an agreement with Ameridose to close so that investigators could determine if its products had also been contaminated. In November, federal Food and Drug …
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Friday, December 21, 2012
The Framingham pharmacy linked to the national meningitis outbreak filed for Chapter 11 today, Dec. 21 in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Massachusetts.
New England Compounding Center, the Framingham speciality pharamcy linked to the deadly, national meningitis outbreak, said today it has filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. The filing seeks to establish a fund to compensate individuals and families affected by a nationwide meningitis outbreak. In papers filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of Massachusetts, the Waverly Street company said its goal is to provide a greater, quicker, fairer payout to its creditors than they could achieve through piecemeal litigation. The company also announced the appointment of Keith D. Lowey as and independent director of NECC and as the company's chief restrucsturing officer. Lowey will be responsible for NECC's effort to …
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
U.S. District Judge Dennis Saylor has ordered an expedited hearing to determine whether to freeze at least $461 million in assets belonging to New England Compounding Center, its owners and two related companies, according to court records.
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Tuesday, November 20, 2012
A federal judge in Boston is expected to hear arguments today, Nov. 20, on whether to freeze nearly $500 million in assets, including luxury homes, related to New England Compounding Center, the Framingham-based specialty pharmacy linked to a deadly U.S. meningitis outbreak, reported Reuters. U.S. District Judge Dennis Saylor has ordered an expedited hearing to determine whether to freeze at least $461 million in assets belonging to New England Compounding Center, its owners and two related companies, according to court records. The fungal meningitis outbreak, linked to New England Compounding Center on Waverly Street in Framinghan, has killed 34 patients and infected almost 500 individuals in 19 states. The judge granted the request …
Friday, October 19, 2012
The owners of Ameridose, also own New England Compounding Center, a specialty pharmacy in Framingham linked to a deadly meningitis outbreak.
The owners of a Westborough pharmacy, who also own a Framingham specialty pharmacy linked to the national deadly meningitis outbreak, have agreed to close until Nov. 5, so it can be inspected. The meningitis outbreak, linked to New England Compounding Center in Framingham, has killed 21 people and infected more than 250 others across America. Lawsuits have been filed against New England Compounding Center in Framingham in 6 states. Ameridose, which at one point was located in Framingham, but now is located in Westborough agreed to the closure extension with state health officials Friday. The Massachusetts Board of Registration in Pharmacy told Ameridose it “finds it necessary to extend the agreement to conduct a comprehensive …
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Sen. Scott Brown told NewsCenter 5 he will give the $5,000 donation to the Meningitis Foundation of America.
The owners of the Framingham-based pharmacy linked to the deadly meningitis outbreak made three donations to Sen. Scott Brown's political campaign this summer, reported WCVB News. Between June and July 2012, Barry and Lisa Cadden, who own the Framingham-based New England Compounding Center, made donations totalling $5,000, according to reports filed with the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance. New England Compounding Center is linked to the deadly national meningitis outbreak, that has killed 12 and infected more than 130 people across 10 states. As many as 13,000 people could have received tainted steroid injections in 23 states according to national health officials. The company recalled 17,000 steroids in September …
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The Framingham-based New England Compounding Center produced a steroid linked to a deadly meningitis outbreak, which has killed 12 people and infected 130 others across 10 states.
New England Compunding Center, which has been tied to the national memingitis outbreak, may have misled regulators and completed work beyond its state license, said Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick. The Framingham-based specialty pharmacy produced a steroid, that health officials believe killed 12 people, infected 130 others across 10 states, with a fungal meningitis. The governor told reporters Wednesday, "What they were supposed to be doing is filling specific prescriptions for specific patients, as I think any of us would understand a pharmacy to do. What they were doing instead is making big batches and selling them out of state as a manufacturer would and that is certainly outside of their state license." While the compounding …
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Ameridose, which has the same owners as the Framingham company linked to a meningitis outbreak, has agreed to temporarily shut down for inspection.
UPDATED, 7:05 p.m.: This story has been updated with a statement from Ameridose. A Westborough firm that provides sterile medication in prefilled oral syringes to thousands of hospitals, has agreed to temporarily close for inspection by state and federal regulators. The company has the same owners as the New England Compounding Center in Framingham, which produced a steroid linked to a meningitis outbreak. Both firms are run by Barry Cadden and Greg Conigliaro, the Associated Press is reporting. Ameridose provided the following statement in an email Wednesday evening: "Ameridose today agreed to voluntarily and temporarily cease certain operations, including production and shipping of all products, while the Massachusetts Department of …
A PR firm says Ameridose and the New England Compounding Center operate separately.
The owners of the Framingham pharmacy connected with the multi-state fungal meningitis outbreak own Ameridose in Westborough as well, the Boston Herald reports. Ameridose, at 201 Flanders Rd., "had a drug recall in 2008, state and federal records show," the Herald reports. Owners Gregory Conigliaro and Barry J. Cadden also own the New England Compounding Center in Framingham. However, "A public relations firm representing the NECC and Ameridose owners said in a statement yesterday, 'Although there is common ownership, the two companies operate under separate registrations and different licensure,'" the Herald reports. According to the firm's website, "Ameridose offers over 2,200 sterile admixed IV solutions and prefilled oral syringes so …
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George Lewis
7:55 pm on Wednesday, October 10, 2012
The owners of New England Compounding Center and Ameridose also own a corporation called, ALAUNUS PHARMACEUTICAL, LLC. It is located at the same Waverly Street address in Framingham. I suggest that all these related companies be inspected. Check the corporate information at: http://www.corp.sec.state.ma.us/corp/CorpSearch/get_pdf.asp?pdftype=.pdf more ›