Lawmakers lambaste FDA chief over fatal outbreak
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"Appearing under subpoena before a House panel, the co-owner of the compounding pharmacy linked to the meningitis outbreak that has killed more than 30 people took the Fifth Amendment and refused to answer questions Wednesday.
And in the first congressional hearing on the tainted-drug scandal, lawmakers clashed with Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg about why the crisis hadn’t been prevented — and whether her agency had, or would use, its powers to prevent another public health tragedy.
Barry Cadden, a co-owner of the New England Compounding Center, took the Fifth Amendment and refused to answer a series of questions from Republicans and Democrats alike. So far, 32 people have died and 438 illnesses have been linked to three lots of injectable steroids made by NECC. The toll is likely to rise."
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