Glenn Chin, the now-defunct New England Compounding Center's
supervisory pharmacist, was sentenced for a second time by U.S.
District Judge Richard Stearns in Boston two weeks after co-founder
Barry Cadden received a new prison term of 14-1/2 years.
Both men were separately convicted in 2017 of racketeering and fraud
over misrepresentations to NECC customers about its drugs but were
cleared of second-degree murder charges related to 25 patients'
deaths.
Prosecutors said those deaths stemmed from a fungal meningitis
outbreak traced back to mold-tainted steroids that Framingham,
Massachusetts-based NECC produced in filthy and unsafe conditions
and sold to hospitals and clinics nationally.
The outbreak sickened 793 patients, more than 100 of whom died.
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Prosecutors said Chin, while supervising the so-called clean rooms
in which NECC's drugs were made, directed staff to ship untested
drugs, use expired ingredients, falsify cleaning logs and ignore
mold and bacteria.
Chin, speaking from a jail cell, said he never intended for the
contamination but had allowed for "shortcuts I knew were wrong."
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"I feel responsible for what happened because I made the drugs that
made so many people terribly sick, including those who have died,"
he said.
Stearns originally sentenced Cadden, NECC's co-owner and president,
and Chin to nine and eight years, respectively, prompting a
successful appeal by prosecutors who considered the penalties too
lenient. Prosecutors had initially sought 35-year prison terms for
both men.
Stearns on Wednesday also ordered Chin to jointly with Cadden pay
$82 million in restitution to their victims and forfeit $473,584 to
the government.
Both men are now awaiting trial on separate second-degree murder
charges in Michigan, which was hit hard by the outbreak.
(Reporting by Nate Raymond in Boston; Editing by Steve Orlofsky)
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