Pharmacist pleads no contest to involuntary manslaughter in Michigan deaths from meningitis outbreak

Associated Press

A pharmacist who worked at a Massachusetts lab has pleaded no contest to involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of 11 Michigan residents. The deaths were related to tainted steroids, which caused a national meningitis outbreak in 2012. Michigan has been the only state to pursue charges against Glenn Chin and his boss, Barry Cadden. Chin and Cadden are serving prison sentences for separate federal crimes. Steroids for pain relief were made at the New England Compounding Center in Massachusetts and sent to clinics. Investigators said they were spoiled by dirty conditions. Federal authorities say more than 700 people in 20 states were sickened with fungal meningitis or other debilitating illnesses, and dozens died.