Former co-owner of Mass. compounding pharmacy involved in meningitis outbreak convicted

BOSTON – Barry J. Cadden, the former co-owner of a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy blamed for a 2012 fungal meningitis outbreak that killed more than 60 people and sickened hundreds more throughout the country, was convicted Wednesday of racketeering and other charges, The Boston Globe reported.

A jury in Boston federal court found Cadden guilty of racketeering, racketeering conspiracy, and more than 50 counts of mail fraud in connection with his actions at the New England Compounding Center in Framingham.

The jury deliberated for approximately 20 hours, the newspaper said, noting Cadden was not held responsible for 25 deaths allegedly caused by the tainted medicine shipped by the center. That could spare Cadden from a life sentence.

Cadden was acquitted of various other charges, including defrauding the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

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He will be sentenced June 21.

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