BOSTON (AP) — Members of Congress have asked the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate whether a specialty pharmacy linked to a nationwide meningitis outbreak violated any federal laws or regulations.
The number of illnesses associated with contaminated steroid shots distributed by New England Compounding Center climbed to 233 in 15 states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Tuesday. Fifteen people have died.
Criminal investigators from the Food and Drug Administration were at the Framingham company on Tuesday.
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