Pharmacist in Deadly U.S. Meningitis Outbreak Disregarded Safety–Prosecutor

September 19, 2017

(Reuters) – A Massachusetts pharmacist charged with murder for his role in a deadly 2012 U.S. meningitis outbreak showed “shocking” disregard for safety standards, a federal prosecutor said at the start of the trial on Tuesday.  Glenn Chin, a former supervisory pharmacist at New England Compounding Center, oversaw the production of tainted steroids in filthy conditions, Assistant U.S. Attorney George Varghese told a federal jury in Boston.