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ANMAT Shuts Two Drug Makers, Revokes Licenses for Eight Others in Quality Crackdown

The new director Luis Fontana acted on pending INAME findings after inspections flagged critical pharmacovigilance and quality failures.

Overview

  • Biotenk S.A. was inhibited from operating after INAME documented multiple pharmacovigilance breaches and the firm failed to submit a corrective and preventive actions plan on time.
  • Laboratorios Solkotal S.A. was halted for severe deficiencies in staffing, quality systems, facilities and maintenance, triggering a prohibition and market recovery of all P. L. Rivero injectable lots produced at its plant.
  • ANMAT also revoked the habilitation of eight establishments, including Laboratorio Apolo, citing a lack of productive activity and absence of a designated technical director as required by Law No. 16.463.
  • The enforcement actions follow a leadership change at ANMAT, with Fontana replacing Agustina Bisio and reactivating resolutions that had been pending signature.
  • Some entities named in the revocations have reported links to businesses referenced in a federal probe into fentanyl-contaminated lots, adding public‑health scrutiny to the compliance failures.