USA v. Cadden et al

  1. October 31, 2016

    US Looks To Reinstate Charges In Meningitis Outbreak Suit

    The federal government on Friday asked a Massachusetts federal judge to reinstate criminal charges against three former New England Compounding Center pharmacists who were indicted for their part in a fatal 2012 meningitis outbreak, saying the judge based his decision to toss the charges on incorrect assumptions about the prosecution's evidence.

  2. October 04, 2016

    Pharmacists Duck Criminal Charges Over Meningitis Outbreak

    A Massachusetts federal judge tossed criminal charges lodged against two former New England Compounding Center pharmacists who were indicted for their roles in a fatal 2012 meningitis outbreak, saying the pair can't be held criminally liable since they only checked orders for shipping.

  3. September 28, 2016

    Pharmacy Exec Wants Civil Docs In Meningitis Murder Trial

    A former executive of the now-defunct Massachusetts compounding pharmacy linked to a fatal 2012 meningitis outbreak urged a federal court Wednesday to let him access and use documents from a sweeping multidistrict litigation as he prepares for his January trial on separate murder charges.

  4. September 22, 2016

    Free Speech No Defense In Fatal Meningitis Outbreak: Judge

    A Massachusetts federal judge on Wednesday said free speech is not a defense for conspiring to defraud the U.S. Food and Drug Administration after a fatal meningitis outbreak in 2012, shooting down a bid by a former executive of the now-bankrupt New England Compounding Center to escape the charges.

  5. August 19, 2016

    Meningitis Victim Statements Barred At Investor's Sentencing

    A Massachusetts federal judge on Thursday ruled that victim statements would not be allowed at the sentencing hearing of the majority shareholder of a compounding pharmacy linked to a fatal meningitis outbreak and her husband, deciding that the financial crimes they pled guilty to were unrelated to the outbreak.

  6. August 12, 2016

    Lab Affiliates Want Meningitis Victims Silent At Sentencing

    The majority shareholder of the compounding pharmacy tied to a meningitis outbreak that killed 64 people asked a Massachusetts federal judge to not to allow victim statements at her and her husband's sentencing, saying that the financial crimes they pled guilty to had nothing to do with the outbreak.

  7. July 29, 2016

    Pair Admits To Illegal Money Moves After Meningitis Deaths

    The majority shareholder of the compounding pharmacy linked to a fatal meningitis outbreak and her husband, who owns an affiliated company, pled guilty in Boston federal court Friday to structuring bank account withdrawals to avoid reporting requirements.

  8. July 25, 2016

    Couple Indicted After Meningitis Outbreak Want Charges Axed

    A majority shareholder in the now-bankrupt New England Compounding Center and her husband, who were charged following a deadly meningitis outbreak in 2012 caused by fungus-tainted steroid injections the company distributed, said charges that they illegally pulled money out of their bank accounts are redundant and should be tossed.

  9. July 01, 2016

    Feds Blast Easing Of House Arrest For Exec Murder Suspect

    The U.S. Department of Justice has appealed a Massachusetts federal judge's decision to loosen house arrest to a curfew for the president of the New England Compounding Center, who stands accused of murder in the deadly 2012 meningitis outbreak.

  10. June 07, 2016

    Murder, RICO Charges Remain In Meningitis Outbreak Suit

    Employees of the New England Compounding Center accused of murder and racketeering after a deadly 2012 meningitis outbreak from tainted steroids the company sold must face those charges, a Massachusetts federal judge decided Monday, denying the employees' argument that a pattern of fraud and causation of death had not been established.