The co-founder of a specialty pharmacy involved in a deadly national meningitis outbreak in 2012 has pleaded no contest to involuntary manslaughter in Michigan. Barry Cadden, co-founder of New England Compounding Center in Massachusetts, reached a deal that will see his prison sentence of 10 to 15 years served concurrently with his existing 14 1/2-year federal sentence for fraud and other crimes.
The outbreak, linked to mold-tainted steroids distributed by the pharmacy, affected approximately 800 patients in 20 states, resulting in about 100 deaths. The injections were primarily for back pain treatment.
