9/11/14 - A Massachusetts pharmacist was arraigned today in connection with the 2012 meningitis outbreak that killed more than a dozen patients at a Livingston County clinic. Glenn Adam Chin entered a not guilty plea today in federal court in Boston. Prosecutors say he oversaw the sterile clean rooms at the New England Compounding Center, where the tainted steroids blamed for the outbreak were made and then shipped to Michigan Pain Specialists in Genoa Township. As a result, 217 of that clinicâs patients contracted fungal meningitis, killing 15 of them. They were among 64 people nationwide that died as a result of the outbreak. Chin, a supervisory pharmacist, is accused of participating in a scheme to fraudulently cause one lot to be labeled as injectable, meaning it was sterile and fit for human use. Chin was arrested last week as he was prepared to board a flight to Hong Kong. Many of those affected by the deadly outbreak have cheered Chinâs arrest and indictment, saying that those responsible have avoided legal consequences for too long. Chinâs attorney says his client was on his way to a family wedding and had a return ticket. He says the arrest was an attempt on the part of the U.S. attorneyâs office to generate publicity for the case. Image - Steven Senne/Associated Press (JK)
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