Meningitis deaths: Romney connection

[Wiseacre]

Lib desperation, by the way Biden won too, you just dont hear from him anymore.

I hate to do this....but I agree....It's just like the "horses and bayonets" shit that the right is pulling....let's not forget the thread on the "unnamed source" that has Obama selling cocaine....

Oh wait....it's OK when you guys do it? Shit, didn't know that.

No, it ain't okay. Bullshit comes from both sides, but the good news is you can ignore it.

 

[Meister]

The New England Compounding Center, the company responsible for selling tainted injectables which has so far resulted in the death of 23 people and the endangering of thousands more, was caught by the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Pharmacy once again violating safety standards in 2006. They had been caught before and complaints had been made, but the state regulatory board did nothing about it.

In 2006, however, the offenses were so egregious that the Board, then headed by George Cayer, a Romney appointee in 2004, called them to account, but then allowed the company to continue endangering the public because taking action against them would have hurt their profits and potentially put them out of business. Instead of making them clean up their act, Cayer granted them a one year probation which was stayed and no fines or other action was taken.

Records detail Mass. firm linked to meningitis - Businessweek

When the GOP talks about "business friendly" regulation, this is what they mean. Putting corporate profits ahead of public safety. And, they've done it consistently in states where they hold a majority. In Oklahoma, for instance, now Gov. Mary Fallin ran in part on a campaign pledge to put industry representatives right inside the state regulatory agencies, so that those so-called "stakeholders" could make sure health, safety and environmental regulations would be "fair" to business.

Well..what about fairness for the victims of such a scheme? Do the folks who have died from meningitis even register on their screen? After all, if a few people die to ensure corporate profits, what's wrong with that.....right?

Go ahead. Put Mitt Romney and the GOP back into power and see if more of this doesn't happen. You can't let the foxes guard the henhouse without losing some chickens, and the next chicken lost to corporate greed and government coziness might be you or one of your kids or grandkids.

By the way...guess what George Cayer does now? He's the VP of Operations for a mail-order, compounding pharmacy called Injured Workers Pharmacy LLC, in Andover, MA. In other words, he's in the VERY SAME BUSINESS as the New England Compounding Center he once let off the hook!

The revolving door just keeps on turning and turning.

Wow! Borderlines misinformation.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

You are a moron, thanks for proving it.

Really? How so?

Because you aren't suppose to point out that politicians..and their appointments..have real live consequences.

You mean like in Benghazi or Obama's Operation Fast & Furious?

 

[Lovebears65]

The New England Compounding Center, the company responsible for selling tainted injectables which has so far resulted in the death of 23 people and the endangering of thousands more, was caught by the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Pharmacy once again violating safety standards in 2006. They had been caught before and complaints had been made, but the state regulatory board did nothing about it.

In 2006, however, the offenses were so egregious that the Board, then headed by George Cayer, a Romney appointee in 2004, called them to account, but then allowed the company to continue endangering the public because taking action against them would have hurt their profits and potentially put them out of business. Instead of making them clean up their act, Cayer granted them a one year probation which was stayed and no fines or other action was taken.

Records detail Mass. firm linked to meningitis - Businessweek

When the GOP talks about "business friendly" regulation, this is what they mean. Putting corporate profits ahead of public safety. And, they've done it consistently in states where they hold a majority. In Oklahoma, for instance, now Gov. Mary Fallin ran in part on a campaign pledge to put industry representatives right inside the state regulatory agencies, so that those so-called "stakeholders" could make sure health, safety and environmental regulations would be "fair" to business.

Well..what about fairness for the victims of such a scheme? Do the folks who have died from meningitis even register on their screen? After all, if a few people die to ensure corporate profits, what's wrong with that.....right?

Go ahead. Put Mitt Romney and the GOP back into power and see if more of this doesn't happen. You can't let the foxes guard the henhouse without losing some chickens, and the next chicken lost to corporate greed and government coziness might be you or one of your kids or grandkids.

By the way...guess what George Cayer does now? He's the VP of Operations for a mail-order, compounding pharmacy called Injured Workers Pharmacy LLC, in Andover, MA. In other words, he's in the VERY SAME BUSINESS as the New England Compounding Center he once let off the hook!

The revolving door just keeps on turning and turning.

Wow is the left that desperate

 

[Chris]

The New England Compounding Center, the company responsible for selling tainted injectables which has so far resulted in the death of 23 people and the endangering of thousands more, was caught by the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Pharmacy once again violating safety standards in 2006. They had been caught before and complaints had been made, but the state regulatory board did nothing about it.

In 2006, however, the offenses were so egregious that the Board, then headed by George Cayer, a Romney appointee in 2004, called them to account, but then allowed the company to continue endangering the public because taking action against them would have hurt their profits and potentially put them out of business. Instead of making them clean up their act, Cayer granted them a one year probation which was stayed and no fines or other action was taken.

Records detail Mass. firm linked to meningitis - Businessweek

When the GOP talks about "business friendly" regulation, this is what they mean. Putting corporate profits ahead of public safety. And, they've done it consistently in states where they hold a majority. In Oklahoma, for instance, now Gov. Mary Fallin ran in part on a campaign pledge to put industry representatives right inside the state regulatory agencies, so that those so-called "stakeholders" could make sure health, safety and environmental regulations would be "fair" to business.

Well..what about fairness for the victims of such a scheme? Do the folks who have died from meningitis even register on their screen? After all, if a few people die to ensure corporate profits, what's wrong with that.....right?

Go ahead. Put Mitt Romney and the GOP back into power and see if more of this doesn't happen. You can't let the foxes guard the henhouse without losing some chickens, and the next chicken lost to corporate greed and government coziness might be you or one of your kids or grandkids.

By the way...guess what George Cayer does now? He's the VP of Operations for a mail-order, compounding pharmacy called Injured Workers Pharmacy LLC, in Andover, MA. In other words, he's in the VERY SAME BUSINESS as the New England Compounding Center he once let off the hook!

The revolving door just keeps on turning and turning.

But Republicans believe deregualtion is a good thing.

Until someone dies.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

katzencreep

People have stopped paying attention to democrats already. They can scream about any bit of trivia they want, it's still nothing but background noise.
The screaming democrat baby will eventually cry itself to sleep.

As usual, rw's see dead people as nothing more than a "bit of trivia". Unless they're fetuses, that is.

Obviously, if the R get their way, we will be seeing a lot more of this because they believe we don't need regulations to insure safe drugs.

AND, they want tort reform so the victims, er, I mean, "bits of trivia" have no voice.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

The New England Compounding Center, the company responsible for selling tainted injectables which has so far resulted in the death of 23 people and the endangering of thousands more, was caught by the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Pharmacy once again violating safety standards in 2006. They had been caught before and complaints had been made, but the state regulatory board did nothing about it.

In 2006, however, the offenses were so egregious that the Board, then headed by George Cayer, a Romney appointee in 2004, called them to account, but then allowed the company to continue endangering the public because taking action against them would have hurt their profits and potentially put them out of business. Instead of making them clean up their act, Cayer granted them a one year probation which was stayed and no fines or other action was taken.

Records detail Mass. firm linked to meningitis - Businessweek

When the GOP talks about "business friendly" regulation, this is what they mean. Putting corporate profits ahead of public safety. And, they've done it consistently in states where they hold a majority. In Oklahoma, for instance, now Gov. Mary Fallin ran in part on a campaign pledge to put industry representatives right inside the state regulatory agencies, so that those so-called "stakeholders" could make sure health, safety and environmental regulations would be "fair" to business.

Well..what about fairness for the victims of such a scheme? Do the folks who have died from meningitis even register on their screen? After all, if a few people die to ensure corporate profits, what's wrong with that.....right?

Go ahead. Put Mitt Romney and the GOP back into power and see if more of this doesn't happen. You can't let the foxes guard the henhouse without losing some chickens, and the next chicken lost to corporate greed and government coziness might be you or one of your kids or grandkids.

By the way...guess what George Cayer does now? He's the VP of Operations for a mail-order, compounding pharmacy called Injured Workers Pharmacy LLC, in Andover, MA. In other words, he's in the VERY SAME BUSINESS as the New England Compounding Center he once let off the hook!

The revolving door just keeps on turning and turning.

But Republicans believe deregualtion is a good thing.

Until someone dies.

Even after people die.

Rs don't care. They're just gonna figure the dead people are now part of the 47% they're not taking responsibility for their lives so, who cares?

 

[Meister]

The New England Compounding Center, the company responsible for selling tainted injectables which has so far resulted in the death of 23 people and the endangering of thousands more, was caught by the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Pharmacy once again violating safety standards in 2006. They had been caught before and complaints had been made, but the state regulatory board did nothing about it.

In 2006, however, the offenses were so egregious that the Board, then headed by George Cayer, a Romney appointee in 2004, called them to account, but then allowed the company to continue endangering the public because taking action against them would have hurt their profits and potentially put them out of business. Instead of making them clean up their act, Cayer granted them a one year probation which was stayed and no fines or other action was taken.

Records detail Mass. firm linked to meningitis - Businessweek

When the GOP talks about "business friendly" regulation, this is what they mean. Putting corporate profits ahead of public safety. And, they've done it consistently in states where they hold a majority. In Oklahoma, for instance, now Gov. Mary Fallin ran in part on a campaign pledge to put industry representatives right inside the state regulatory agencies, so that those so-called "stakeholders" could make sure health, safety and environmental regulations would be "fair" to business.

Well..what about fairness for the victims of such a scheme? Do the folks who have died from meningitis even register on their screen? After all, if a few people die to ensure corporate profits, what's wrong with that.....right?

Go ahead. Put Mitt Romney and the GOP back into power and see if more of this doesn't happen. You can't let the foxes guard the henhouse without losing some chickens, and the next chicken lost to corporate greed and government coziness might be you or one of your kids or grandkids.

By the way...guess what George Cayer does now? He's the VP of Operations for a mail-order, compounding pharmacy called Injured Workers Pharmacy LLC, in Andover, MA. In other words, he's in the VERY SAME BUSINESS as the New England Compounding Center he once let off the hook!

The revolving door just keeps on turning and turning.

But Republicans believe deregualtion is a good thing.

Until someone dies.

I'm waiting for you to post your disengenuous pictures of rivers filled with garbage and waste from China claiming these are rivers in America.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

ZOMG!! Romney tied a dog to the roof of his car!!!

 

[CrusaderFrank]

The New England Compounding Center, the company responsible for selling tainted injectables which has so far resulted in the death of 23 people and the endangering of thousands more, was caught by the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Pharmacy once again violating safety standards in 2006. They had been caught before and complaints had been made, but the state regulatory board did nothing about it.

In 2006, however, the offenses were so egregious that the Board, then headed by George Cayer, a Romney appointee in 2004, called them to account, but then allowed the company to continue endangering the public because taking action against them would have hurt their profits and potentially put them out of business. Instead of making them clean up their act, Cayer granted them a one year probation which was stayed and no fines or other action was taken.

Records detail Mass. firm linked to meningitis - Businessweek

When the GOP talks about "business friendly" regulation, this is what they mean. Putting corporate profits ahead of public safety. And, they've done it consistently in states where they hold a majority. In Oklahoma, for instance, now Gov. Mary Fallin ran in part on a campaign pledge to put industry representatives right inside the state regulatory agencies, so that those so-called "stakeholders" could make sure health, safety and environmental regulations would be "fair" to business.

Well..what about fairness for the victims of such a scheme? Do the folks who have died from meningitis even register on their screen? After all, if a few people die to ensure corporate profits, what's wrong with that.....right?

Go ahead. Put Mitt Romney and the GOP back into power and see if more of this doesn't happen. You can't let the foxes guard the henhouse without losing some chickens, and the next chicken lost to corporate greed and government coziness might be you or one of your kids or grandkids.

By the way...guess what George Cayer does now? He's the VP of Operations for a mail-order, compounding pharmacy called Injured Workers Pharmacy LLC, in Andover, MA. In other words, he's in the VERY SAME BUSINESS as the New England Compounding Center he once let off the hook!

The revolving door just keeps on turning and turning.

But Republicans believe deregualtion is a good thing.

Until someone dies.

I'm waiting for you to post your disengenuous pictures of rivers filled with garbage and waste from China claiming these are rivers in America.

That was Rdean, wasn't it?

 

[Meister]

But Republicans believe deregualtion is a good thing.

Until someone dies.

I'm waiting for you to post your disengenuous pictures of rivers filled with garbage and waste from China claiming these are rivers in America.

That was Rdean, wasn't it?

Rdean, Chris, old rocks, truthmatters. I get so confused.

 

[Dreamy]

The New England Compounding Center, the company responsible for selling tainted injectables which has so far resulted in the death of 23 people and the endangering of thousands more, was caught by the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Pharmacy once again violating safety standards in 2006. They had been caught before and complaints had been made, but the state regulatory board did nothing about it.

In 2006, however, the offenses were so egregious that the Board, then headed by George Cayer, a Romney appointee in 2004, called them to account, but then allowed the company to continue endangering the public because taking action against them would have hurt their profits and potentially put them out of business. Instead of making them clean up their act, Cayer granted them a one year probation which was stayed and no fines or other action was taken.

Records detail Mass. firm linked to meningitis - Businessweek

When the GOP talks about "business friendly" regulation, this is what they mean. Putting corporate profits ahead of public safety. And, they've done it consistently in states where they hold a majority. In Oklahoma, for instance, now Gov. Mary Fallin ran in part on a campaign pledge to put industry representatives right inside the state regulatory agencies, so that those so-called "stakeholders" could make sure health, safety and environmental regulations would be "fair" to business.

Well..what about fairness for the victims of such a scheme? Do the folks who have died from meningitis even register on their screen? After all, if a few people die to ensure corporate profits, what's wrong with that.....right?

Go ahead. Put Mitt Romney and the GOP back into power and see if more of this doesn't happen. You can't let the foxes guard the henhouse without losing some chickens, and the next chicken lost to corporate greed and government coziness might be you or one of your kids or grandkids.

By the way...guess what George Cayer does now? He's the VP of Operations for a mail-order, compounding pharmacy called Injured Workers Pharmacy LLC, in Andover, MA. In other words, he's in the VERY SAME BUSINESS as the New England Compounding Center he once let off the hook!

The revolving door just keeps on turning and turning.

^^^Political opportunism with no interest into understanding why and how this happened in an honest and thorough manner.

Maybe the Feds are to blame for not being in the circle of the compounding facilities? Dems want us to believe this because we know the FDA never causes really bad mistakes in medicine and health care. <sarcasm dripping but now off>

Leaders on the House Energy and Commerce Committee are questioning whether federal regulators did enough to prevent a major outbreak of meningitis.

Nine lawmakers wrote to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday asking how it handled regulatory violations at the New England Compounding Center (NECC) in 2004 and 2005.

Link

 

[Oldguy]

" In 2006, however, the offenses were so egregious that the Board, then headed by George Cayer, a Romney appointee in 2004, called them to account, but then allowed the company to continue endangering the public because taking action against them would have hurt their profits and potentially put them out of business. Instead of making them clean up their act, Cayer granted them a one year probation which was stayed and no fines or other action was taken. "

There's nothing in your link that says or implies this. However, it does say that in 2006 investigators found a bunch of problems WHICH WERE FIXED IN THAT YEAR. So, IOW you are a fuckin' liar.

Ok. Try this one:

Before meningitis outbreak, firm avoided sanctions | Reuters

 

[Oldguy]

Hmmmmm. When we have any one of a hundred threads which personally blame Obama for the actions of some government agency, it's a MAJOR DEAL for the Nutter's here. EVERYTHING is Obama's fault...personally.

But, when it concerns one of their own? Well...there's nuthin' to see here. Move along.

You guy's hypocrisy is stunning. And, the fact that you don't even see it is disturbing.

 

[blastoff]

I'm waiting for you to post your disengenuous pictures of rivers filled with garbage and waste from China claiming these are rivers in America.

That was Rdean, wasn't it?

Rdean, Chris, old rocks, truthmatters. I get so confused.

Oh, gee. I'm starting to miss old truthy. But fortunately LilOlBat tries hard to fill the void.

 

[Meister]

Hmmmmm. When we have any one of a hundred threads which personally blame Obama for the actions of some government agency, it's a MAJOR DEAL for the Nutter's here. EVERYTHING is Obama's fault...personally.

But, when it concerns one of their own? Well...there's nuthin' to see here. Move along.

You guy's hypocrisy is stunning. And, the fact that you don't even see it is disturbing.

It was either Obama or Bush, just depends on what party a person has.

 

[kwc57]

Hmmmmm. When we have any one of a hundred threads which personally blame Obama for the actions of some government agency, it's a MAJOR DEAL for the Nutter's here. EVERYTHING is Obama's fault...personally.

But, when it concerns one of their own? Well...there's nuthin' to see here. Move along.

You guy's hypocrisy is stunning. And, the fact that you don't even see it is disturbing.

I'm just curious. IF Obama manages to get reelected, will he whine as much about inheriting the mess of the previous administration as he does now? I mean, he has left himself one hell of a mess bigger than what Bush left..........I just can't see him blaming himself like he does Bush.

 

[whitehall]

Blame Romney? What about the CDC's responsibility to protect Americans? Does the buck ever stop at the O-blame-a administration?

 

[Wiseacre]

Hmmmmm. When we have any one of a hundred threads which personally blame Obama for the actions of some government agency, it's a MAJOR DEAL for the Nutter's here. EVERYTHING is Obama's fault...personally.

But, when it concerns one of their own? Well...there's nuthin' to see here. Move along.

You guy's hypocrisy is stunning. And, the fact that you don't even see it is disturbing.

I'm just curious. IF Obama manages to get reelected, will he whine as much about inheriting the mess of the previous administration as he does now? I mean, he has left himself one hell of a mess bigger than what Bush left..........I just can't see him blaming himself like he does Bush.

He'll blame the House repubs.

 

[waltky]

Meningitis pharmacy owners bagged $16M in profits...

Mass. pharmacy owners got $16M in final months
Jan 22,`13 -- The owners of a pharmacy linked to a fatal meningitis outbreak received more than $16 million in wages and payments as the company grew increasingly prosperous in its final months.

The four family members, who served as the New England Compounding Center's directors, received the money between late December 2011 and late November 2012, according to a bankruptcy court filing. The largest payout went to the firm's majority shareholder, Carla Conigliaro, who received $8.7 million.

The vast majority of the money paid to the owners was distributed before the outbreak of meningitis, an inflammation of the lining of the brain and spinal cord, was discovered in Tennessee in September. But an attorney for unsecured creditors in the case, including victims who received tainted injections of a drug made by the NECC, said it's distressing that the company had the money to clean up the conditions that led to the outbreak but never did it. "There was a substantial amount of cash available that could have been used to clean things up, to make things right, and instead was being taken by insiders," said attorney David Molton, of Brown Rudnick LLP, which represents the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors. A company spokesman didn't respond to a request for comment Tuesday.

The NECC filing late Friday also showed that before it shut down in early October, its net sales were on pace to double over just two years. The pharmacy had increased its net sales from about $20 million in 2010 to $32 million in 2012, before it closed with a quarter of the year remaining. The firm filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Dec. 21. The pharmacy produced a contaminated steroid, used mainly to treat back pain, that is blamed for a fungal meningitis outbreak that has killed 44 people and sickened more than 600.

State inspectors at the company's Framingham facility have flagged unsanitary conditions and said the company shipped out drug batches suspected in the outbreak before tests had confirmed their sterility. Friday's filing indicates that between December 2011 and November 2012, co-founder Barry Cadden, the company's chief pharmacist, received $3.2 million, including a bi-weekly salary of about $17,900. His wife, Lisa Cadden, received about $2.8 million, mainly in shareholder payments. Co-founder Greg Conigliaro, Lisa Cadden's brother, received about $1.6 million. Carla Conigliaro, recipient of the $8.7 million payment, is the wife of Doug Conigliaro, Greg's and Lisa's brother.

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