By Walter F. Roche Jr
A pharmacist for the company blamed for a nationwide fun gal meningitis outbreak has been sentenced to 2.5 years in federal prison, less than half of the amount recommended by prosecutors but more than twice the amount sought by the defendant.
U.S. District Judge Richard G. Stearns Wednesday imposed the sentence on Gene Svirskiy, who worked as a pharmacist for the New England Compounding Center. The company was permanently shuttered shortly after the 2012 fungal meningitis outbreak caused by contaminated steroids produced at its Framingham, Mass. facilities.
Svirskiy was convicted on racketeering, conspiracy and mail fraud charges late last year, along with four other defendants connected to the New England Compounding Center. The charges against Svirskiy, however, stemmed from the production of drugs not implicated in the outbreak.
Proseccutors had sought a 6.5 year sentence, while Svirskiy's lawyer asked for a sentence of one year of home confinement.
Three others convicted with Svirskiy in December of 2018 are scheduled for sentencing at a later date in U.S. District Court in Boston, Mass. The fifth defendant, Alla Stepanets, was sentenced to one year of probation
The charges against Svirskiy relate to his role in producing an anti-cancer drug that was shipped even though the main ingredient had expired five years before shipment and an untested and contaminated antibiotic solution for use in surgeries.
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