A federal judge will allow a jury to deliberate in the case against a former top figure at a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy blamed for a national meningitis outbreak in 2012 that killed 64 people.
Jurors will start deliberating in the trial of Barry Cadden.
Cadden is charged with 25 counts of second-degree murder and other charges under federal racketeering laws. He is the co-founder and former head pharmacist of New England Compounding Center in Framingham. Michigan was the hardest hit of any state in the meningitis outbreak.
Michigan had 264 total cases of fungal meningitis and 19 deaths connected to the injections compounded at NECC. Many of those who survived have permanent injuries, including paralysis.