Monday, September 8, 2014

Pharmacist's arrest cheers meningitis patients

By Wayne Peal, Daily Press & Argus 10:25 a.m. EDT September 8, 2014

The arrest of a pharmacist linked to the 2012 fungal meningitis outbreak is a positive step, local patients said.
"It's a sign the FBI is taking this seriously," Green Oak Township resident Jona Angst said regarding last week's arrest of Glenn Adam Chin.
But details surrounding the charges against Chin left them stunned.
Chin, 46, oversaw the sterile rooms at the now-closed New England Compounding Center, where contaminated steroids linked to the outbreak were mixed.
Federal attorneys allege Chin was part of a scheme to misrepresent and fraudulently release contaminated methylprednisolone acetate, or MPA, as sterile. MPA is the steroid linked to the outbreak.

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