2012 Michigan meningitis outbreak linked to contaminated steroids; pharmacist Glenn Chin charged with second-degree murder for 11 deaths, trial scheduled.
A fall trial has been scheduled for a pharmacist charged with second-degree murder in the deaths of 11 Michigan residents linked to a 2012 meningitis outbreak caused by contaminated steroids from a Massachusetts lab. Efforts by the pharmacist, Glenn Chin, and state prosecutors to reach a plea bargain have been unsuccessful. Michigan is the only state to charge Chin and Barry Cadden, an executive at the New England Compounding Center, for deaths related to the outbreak. More than 700 people in 20 states were sickened with fungal meningitis or other debilitating illnesses, and dozens died as a result of tainted steroids shipped to pain clinics.
May 17, 2024
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