Overview

• Ernesto Kreplak has received clinical histories for all 54 patients who died or survived after receiving HLB Pharma fentanyl to determine if contamination directly caused the fatalities.
• Instituto Malbrán detected Klebsiella pneumoniae MBL and Ralstonia pickettii in fentanyl vials from lots 31202 and 31244 linked to the outbreak.
• Federal prosecutors have opened a public health investigation for drug adulteration, barring 24 individuals from travel and ordering a general embargo on their assets.
• Victims’ families will hold a silent march on July 31 outside the Hospital Italiano de La Plata to demand truth and accountability in the investigation.
• A joint WHO and UNODC report highlights a persistent global threat from contaminated medicines, calling for stronger oversight of pharmaceutical excipient supply chains.