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Owner of meningitis-linked pharmacy takes Fifth

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New England Compounding Center President, co-owner, and Director of Pharmacy Barry Cadden declines to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012, before the House Energy subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on the Fungal Meningitis Outbreak. Cadden did not testify and chose to take the fifth amendment.

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owner and director of the specialty pharmacy tied to a deadly meningitis outbreak declined to testify Wednesday morning before a congressional committee investigating the matter. Barry Cadden, co-founder of the New England Compound Center, told lawmakers he would use his Fifth Amendment right to not answer questions in order to avoid self-incrimination.