(August 29, 2016, 9:19 AM EDT) -- BOSTON — The Massachusetts judge overseeing the fungal meningitis multidistrict litigation on Aug. 25 recommended that a federal judicial panel remand 66 cases involving claims against health care providers (In Re: New England Compounding Pharmacy, Inc. Products Liability Litigation, MDL Docket No. 2419, No. 13-md-2419, D. Mass.).

(Order available. Document #28-160901-013R.)

“Because only case-specific discovery remains for the 66 cases listed above, the Court perceives its role in these cases has ended,” wrote U.S. Judge Rya W. Zobel of the District of Massachusetts. “Given that the...