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ANMAT Orders Preventive Closure of P. L. Rivero Over Defective Saline Sachets

Regulators cite chronic GMP failures dating to 2022.

Overview

  • The action was formalized in Disposición 6199/2025 published in the Boletín Oficial on August 29.
  • ANMAT prohibited the use, commercialization and distribution nationwide of 0.9% sodium chloride 500 ml lots 70413108 and 70416108 with December 2027 expiry.
  • ANMAT/INAME had notified the firm on March 11 of a presumed quality deviation after reports that 500 ml saline sachets from lots 70313108 and 70413108 were losing solution.
  • INAME’s Directorate of Oversight and Risk Management recommended opening summary proceedings in addition to the preventive shutdown.
  • Inspection records detail unresolved critical deficiencies including missing continuous particle monitoring, inadequate air sampling, manual dosing in blood-bag filling, weak validation and maintenance programs, and substandard sterile-area design at the Buenos Aires plant.