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    Pharmacy Owner Acquitted Of Murder In Meningitis Outbreak That Caused 64 Deaths

    The owner of a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy was acquitted of second-degree murder, but guilty of racketeering and fraud in the 2012 fungal meningitis outbreak that killed 64 people.
    by Laurel Wamsley Mar 22, 2017 1 minute

    The owner of a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy was acquitted on 25 counts of second-degree murder, but guilty of racketeering and fraud in the 2012 fungal meningitis outbreak that killed 64 people and hurt more than 700.

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