Genzyme drugs may be contaminated with steel, rubber
Medicines affected include Cerezyme, Genzyme’s biggest selling product, as well as Fabrazyme, Myozyme, Aldurazyme, and Thyrogen. The Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company’s shares declined the most in three months in Nasdaq trading.
The contaminated drugs were made at the Allston Landing Plant in Boston, said Food and Drug Administration spokeswoman Karen Riley in a telephone interview. The plant was closed in June after being infected with a germ known as Vesivirus 2117. The Allston plant is the main factory for Cerezyme and Fabrazyme, and its closure caused a shortage of both treatments.
Geez, nothing is safe anymore - Don’t know what those meds are for but wonder if people taking them were affected by that germ or the other stuff in there. How careless, probably hired illegals.