Overview

• Judge Ernesto Kreplak closed the indagatoria stage after the final statements, including from production chief Eduardo Darchuk, with procedural decisions now expected for 17 defendants.
• The Supreme Court’s forensic corps found Ralstonia mannitolilytica and Klebsiella pneumoniae in patients and in seized ampoules from lot 31.202, confirming phenotypic, molecular and genomic matches.
• Investigators report roughly 96 deaths nationwide, and court records indicate 33,731 doses from the contaminated lot were administered before the suspension.
• Provincial environment inspectors documented open-air piles of pharmaceutical residues at the Ramallo plant classified as special waste, with removal orders and a separate sanction process initiated; no discarded fentanyl ampoules were identified among those piles.
• WHO issued an alert on the contaminated lots as ANMAT maintains real-time medication monitoring, while the case counts 17 accused with seven still detained, including owners linked to HLB Pharma and Laboratorios Ramallo.