October 12, 2012
WASHINGTON - In response to the deadly, nationwide
outbreak of fungal meningitis linked to steroid injections distributed by the
Massachusetts-based New England Compounding Center (NECC), U.S. Senators Bob
Corker and Lamar Alexander, both R-Tenn., today sent a letter to FDA
Commissioner Margaret Hamburg asking for clarity regarding existing laws
governing oversight of compounding pharmacies like NECC and information about
any inspections of NECC and actions taken since the FDA warned the center in
December 2006. "We are writing to express our deep concern about the recent
outbreak of fungal ... [continue]
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