BOSTON — Two Massachusetts men charged with second-degree murder under federal racketeering law for their roles in a deadly fungal meningitis outbreak are seeking to be released on bail.
Barry Cadden, co-founder of the now-shuttered New England Compounding Center in Framingham, and Glenn Chin, the company’s supervisory pharmacist, appeared in court Thursday. They were among 14 people charged Wednesday.
The co-founders, pharmacists and other workers are charged with using expired ingredients and failing to follow cleanliness standards, resulting in tainted back pain injections.
More than 750 people in 20 states fell ill and 64 died.
Cadden and Chin face the most serious charges. Others face charges including fraud and interstate sale of adulterated drugs.
Authorities call it the largest U.S. criminal case ever brought over contaminated medicine.
