"Lab Leader Pleads No Contest to Manslaughter in 2012 Michigan Meningitis Deaths"

Barry Cadden, co-founder of the New England Compounding Center, pleaded no contest to involuntary manslaughter in Michigan for his role in a 2012 meningitis outbreak that resulted in about 100 deaths. He will serve a 10 to 15-year prison sentence concurrently with his existing 14 1/2-year federal sentence for fraud. The outbreak was linked to mold-tainted steroids distributed by the pharmacy, affecting 800 patients in 20 states. Cadden had been awaiting trial on second-degree murder charges before reaching the plea deal.