Ameridose, company linked to New England Compounding Center, issues recall | Synopsis

Ameridose, company linked to New England Compounding Center, issues recall

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The company based in Westborough, Mass. , is voluntarily recalling all of its unexpired products that are in circulation. Such products may contain markings like an Ameridose name or logo on it. During an on-site investigation of the facility, the FDA told the company it wanted improvements in Ameridose's sterility testing process. "Ameridose and FDA agree that the use of injectible products that are not sterile can represent a serious hazard to health and could lead to life-threatening injuries and/or death," the company said in an FDA press release. Mass. shuts down another drug compounding pharmacy FDA finds contaminated vials, bacteria and mold at New England Compounding Center Three more meningitis deaths reported, toll at 28 Ameridose said it has not received any reports of side effects related to its products under the recall.

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Ameridose, company linked to New England Compounding Center, issues recall

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New England Compounding Center is linked to 19-state meningitis outbreak that has killed nearly 30 people

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

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

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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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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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