(November 3, 2016, 3:26 PM EDT) -- BOSTON — A Massachusetts federal judge on Nov. 2 declined to dismiss 20 mail fraud counts against two defendants in the New England Compounding Center (NECC) fungal meningitis Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act criminal case (United States of American v. Barry Cadden, et al., No. 14-cr-103363, D. Mass.).

Gene Svirskiy and Scott M. Connolly are among 14 people affiliated with NECC who are charged with criminal acts for the manufacture and distribution of contaminated methylprednisolone acetate (MPA), an injectable steroid used to relieve low back...