(BOSTON) JUN 26 – THE FORMER HEAD PHARMACIST FOR A MASSACHUSETTS COMPOUNDING COMPANY THAT CAUSED AN OUTBREAK OF FUNGAL MENINGITIS IN 20 STATES WAS SENTENCED MONDAY TO NINE YEARS.
FOX NEWS RADIO’S BILL MARCUS HAS MORE.
THE JUDGE ALSO MADE THE FINDING THAT LOSSES TO VICTIMS FROM THE FUNGAL MENINGITIS OUTBREAK CAUSED BY THE CONTAMINATED STEROIDS WHICH CAUSED MANY OF THE VICTIMS TO GET SO SICK THEY COULD NO LONGER WORK – WAS $1.4 MILLION DOLLARS. BUT THE JUDGE ALSO GAVE PROSECUTORS 90 DAYS TO GATHER MORE EVIDENCE TO BUMP UP THAT NUMBER. CADDEN IS SCHEDULED TO REPORT FOR HIS PRISON SENTENCE ON THE SEVENTH OF AUGUST. 14 OTHERS FROM NECC ARE STILL SET TO GO ON TRIAL.