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Pharmacy Owner Pleads No Contest in Meningitis Outbreak Case

The plea agreement includes a 10 to 15-year sentence, concurrent with an existing federal sentence, for the 2012 outbreak that resulted in over 100 deaths.

FILE - In this June 26, 2017, file photo, Barry Cadden, president of the New England Compounding Center, followed by members of his legal team, arrives at the federal courthouse for his sentencing in Boston. Cadden, founder of a now-defunct Massachusetts pharmaceutical facility responsible for a deadly meningitis outbreak, will spend 14 and a half years behind bars, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, July 7, 2021, lengthening his initial punishment of nine years that was tossed out by an appeals court. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, File)
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Overview

  • Barry Cadden, former owner of the New England Compounding Center, pleads no contest to 11 counts of involuntary manslaughter for the 2012 fungal meningitis outbreak.
  • The plea will result in a 10 to 15-year prison sentence, concurrent with his existing federal sentence.
  • The outbreak, linked to contaminated steroid injections, resulted in over 100 deaths and nearly 800 infections across the US.
  • Cadden's sentencing is scheduled for April 18, with charges still pending against co-defendant Glenn Chin.
  • The case highlights significant regulatory and safety failures in the compounding pharmacy industry.