Unlicensed medicines may lead to more baby deaths in England, coroner warns Contaminated feed inquest conclusions highlight concerns over lack of requirement for providers to report problems The Guardian - UK · Nov 18, 2024
Warning of future deaths risk after three babies who had contaminated feed died Three premature babies received total parenteral nutrition feed, contaminated by Bacillus cereus, while undergoing care in hospital. Evening Standard · Nov 18, 2024
London inquests begin into hospital deaths of babies from contaminated feed Nine-day-old Yousef Al-Kharboush, one-month-old Oscar Barker and three-month-old Aviva Otte died in 2014 after bacteria outbreaks The Guardian - UK · Sep 9, 2024
ITH Pharma fined £1.2m after supplying contaminated baby feed Bereaved parents of three babies who died after being given the feed in hospital in 2014 insist justice has not been served The Guardian - UK · Apr 29, 2022
Newborn baby died at 9 days old after being given contaminated feed in hospital Yousef Al-Kharboush was born prematurely and given a contaminated batch of ITH Pharma's Total Parenteral Nutrition but a judge said the cause of the baby's death could not be "proved to the criminal standard" Daily Mirror · Apr 29, 2022
Pharmaceutical firm fined £1.2m over contaminated baby feed supplied to hospitals A pharmaceutical company which supplied feed to premature babies at hospitals across England when the product had been contaminated has been fined more than £1.2 million. Evening Standard · Apr 29, 2022
ITH Pharma fined £1.2m after supplying contaminated feed for premature babies Three babies died after receiving the batch but judge finds the cause of one baby’s death was not ‘proved to the criminal standard’. The Independent UK · Apr 29, 2022