Canton Pharmacist Is First Charged In Connection With Meningitis Outbreak

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September 05, 2014

David Boeri

Glenn Adam Chin, seen here on the left with his lawyer after an appearance in federal court in Boston last week, is the first person arrested in connection with a deadly meningitis outbreak linked to a Framingham compounding pharmacy. (Steven Senne/AP)

A pharmacist from Canton is under house arrest after being charged in the criminal investigation of the New England Compounding Center, the Framingham pharmacy linked to the 2012 deadly meningitis outbreak.

Glenn Adam Chin, a former supervisory pharmacist at NECC, is the first person charged in connection with the outbreak that officials say sickened some 751 people and killed 64.

Listen above to a full report from WBUR's David Boeri on Chin's arraignment.

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This segment aired on September 5, 2014.

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