[Whenifhow]

Ohio Ping
thanks reed13k !!

Just heard on the drive in that Ben Venue, a maker of cancer drugs (generic and on contract), will be going out of business. They have been working through a consent decree with the FDA for quality system issues and stated: “the company cannot return to sustainable production.”

Their announcement here: http://www.benvenue.com/news_/press_releases/october_3_2013.html

1100 folks in Beford Ohio will be impacted.

[rrrod]

on behalf of all Americans let me say FUBO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[EBH]

Oh my God! I have a client there that mentioned a layoff was coming this month...I bet she never expected this.

[EBH]

PS. My mother used to work there in the early 1990’s too.

[88keys]

Pinging to follow...this is not a good thing. Not sure if there's another supplier for the chemo-drug they (used to) make but there is a less-tested "generic", apparently. Cleveland Plain Dealer has run a few stories...but just to reiterate, this is not a good thing, for cancer patients, OR for the employees of this venerable company.

From what I've read, Ben Venue had a long record of complete integrity before some rather vague and inexplicable lapse a few years ago. And they have not been able to come up to standards (??) since, but I suspect that has more to do with revised standards and regulations than it does with the quality of the company's production/products.

Another great job by the FDA, /sarc