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Judge Approves $200 Million Fund for Meningitis Victims
In 2012, a meningitis outbreak linked to Framingham-based New England Compounding Center killed 64 people and affected 750 others.

A federal bankruptcy judge approved a $200 million compensation fund for victims of a meningitis outbreak linked to Framingham-based New England Compounding Center.
The fund is part of a plan to liquidate the assets of the NECC, which closed shortly after the outbreak, that killed 64 people and injured another 750 individuals in 20 states.
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