Tag: MeningitisOutbreak
The NECC Meningitis Outbreak – A Tragic Failure in Drug Safety
New England Compounding Center (NECC) in Framingham, Massachusetts was linked to the 2012-2013 fungal meningitis outbreak in the United States.
The fungal meningitis outbreak, linked...
The Trovan Case in Nigeria: Ethical Violations, Consequences, and Lessons Learned with Pfizer’s Experimental Drug
The consequences of Pfizer’s administration of Trovan trovafloxacin), an experimental antibiotic, during a 1996 meningitis outbreak in Kano State, Nigeria. The drug had not...