Federal Prosecutors Charge 14 in Deadly Meningitis Outbreak

December 17, 2014

(Washington Post) – A co-owner of a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy and its supervising pharmacist were indicted on federal charges Wednesday in connection with the deaths of dozens of patients who died after receiving tainted steroids from the company in 2012.  Barry J. Cadden, a founder and owner of New England Compounding Center (NECC), and Glenn A. Chin, who oversaw production and personnel in the firm’s “sterile clean rooms,” face 25 charges of second-degree murder in the deaths of patients in seven states, including Maryland and Virginia.