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Gov't report: Meningitis-linked firm not a drug maker in 2003

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Barry Cadden

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0.0166828	he responded in writing to an FDA document calling for corrective measures at NECC by saying: "We are not subject to (nor are we voluntarily subjecting ourselves to) current good manufacturing practices as promulgated by FDA, since we are a compounding pharmacy, not a manufacturer."
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Margaret Hamburg

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Lauren Smith

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Organization: FDA

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Disambiguation: References:

• U.S. Food and Drug Administration: dbpedia
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration: opencyc

Organization: New England Compounding Center

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HealthCondition: meningitis

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Disambiguation: DiseaseOrMedicalCondition | DiseaseReferences:

• Aseptic meningitis: dbpedia
• Aseptic meningitis: freebase
• Aseptic meningitis: umbel
• Aseptic meningitis: yago

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• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Gov't report: Meningitis-linked firm not a drug maker in 2003

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Government health regulators in 2003 told the pharmacy now at the center of a deadly meningitis outbreak that its drug compounding activities did not constitute a manufacturing operation that would merit strict federal safety standards, a congressional report said 

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