SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state health officials say none of the recalled drugs from a pharmacy linked to the deadly meningitis outbreak were shipped to this state.
But the agency is now investigating a complaint against the company, the New England Compounding Center in Framingham, Mass.
The Seattle Times reports (http://is.gd/WyCJHv) the nature of the complaint was not disclosed, as is customary at this stage. The company is licensed in Washington as an out-of-state pharmacy.
The complaint was filed after an outbreak of meningitis that has sickened 338 people across the U.S., causing 25 deaths. Federal health officials say unopened vials of the fluid contained a fungus.
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Information from: The Seattle Times, http://www.seattletimes.com
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