( January 22, 2025, 8:44 AM EST) -- BOSTON — The First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals dismissed as untimely an appeal filed by New England Compounding Center (NECC) founder Barry J. Cadden, who argued that a district court judge erred in refusing to reduce his sentence of 174 months for his role in a fungal meningitis XE "fungal meningitis" outbreak....