Pharmacist Guilty of Fraud, Not Murder, in US Meningitis Outbreak

Pharmacist Guilty of Fraud, Not Murder, in US Meningitis Outbreak
Former New England Compounding Center supervisory pharmacist Glenn Chin enters the federal court in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., Sept. 19, 2017. REUTERS/ Nate Raymond
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BOSTON—A Massachusetts pharmacist was convicted of racketeering and fraud charges but was cleared of murder on Wednesday for his role in a 2012 fungal meningitis outbreak that killed 76 people and sickened hundreds more across the United States.

Glenn Chin, a former supervisory pharmacist at the now-defunct New England Compounding Center where the mold-tainted steroids that caused the outbreak were produced, was found guilty by a federal jury in Boston.