Drug Compounder Acquitted Of Murder In Fungal Meningitis Outbreak Case
Executive Summary
Jury convicts Barry Cadden on racketeering and mail fraud allegations for shipping contaminated methylprednisolone acetate for spinal injection, but clears NECC's head pharmacist on all 25 counts of second degree murder in seminal case that spurred legislation enabling major US FDA crackdown on injectable drug compounding sterility assurance practices.
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