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EXCERPT: `Kill Shot probes shadow industry, deadly disease
by Jason Dearen, The Associated Press
Posted Feb 23, 2021 8:56 am EDT
Last Updated Feb 23, 2021 at 8:58 am EDT
EDITOR’S NOTE This is an exclusive excerpt adapted from “Kill Shot: The Untold Story of the Worst Contaminated Drug Crisis in U.S. History,” by Associated Press investigative reporter Jason Dearen. The book chronicles the rare fungal meningitis outbreak in 2012 that killed more than 100 people, and infected some 750 others.
When the first patients began dying, doctors were confused; none of the usual tests identified the cause. An epidemiological investigation would help expose a little-known part of the pharmaceutical industry: a compounding pharmacy where pharmacists mix customized drugs outside the purview of the Food and Drug Administration’s safety system.
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