Jury gives verdict on NECC's Barry J. Cadden in fungal meningitis outbreak trial
Jurors at the Boston federal court found the former New England Compounding Center president guilty of some 57 charges, including mail fraud and racketeering, but not second degree murder
In the Boston, US, trial of Barry J. Cadden, the former co-owner and head pharmacist at the New England Compounding Center, which killed over 60 people and injured 700 more in 2012 by preparing drugs in unsanitary conditions, will go to prison but not for second degree murder.
The jurors deliberated for three days in the case against Cadden, who was convicted of 57 of the 96 charges, including numerous counts of mail fraud and racketeering. He was, however, found not gilty of 25 counts of second-degree murder. His sentence will be announced in June.
A total of 14 people were originally charged in connection with the outbreak for crimes that include fraud, criminal contempt, misleading regulators, falsifying records, preparing drugs in unsanitary conditions, and shipping mislabeled drugs and prescriptions with fake patient names.
Glenn Chin, a former supervisory pharmacist, also faces second-degree murder charges and will be tried separately.
All other defendants are yet to stand trial and District Judge Richard Stearns has divided these defendants into different trials.
