350 - Book Club: A Meningitis Outbreak from Pharmaceutical Compounding

<p><strong>Dr. Joshua Sharfstein</strong> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">speaks to</span> <strong>Jason Dearen</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">, author of the book Kill Shot: A Shadow Industry, A Deadly Disease. The book covers the nationwide meningitis outbreak caused by the New England Compounding Center, which sold medications contaminated with mold and fungi for injection into joints, the spine, and other sterile spaces. They discussed what led to this catastrophe, the legislation that passed in its aftermath, and the future of oversight in this area.</span></p>