Overview
- Health Minister Mario Lugones and ANMAT head Nélida Bisio did not appear, with Lugones citing scheduling conflicts and pledging continued cooperation in a written note.
- Deputies received written answers to 29 questions from the Health Ministry, which detailed creation of a new surveillance category for infections from exposure to contaminated medicines.
- Members of the investigative commission pressed to issue formal intimations for noncompliance, and may invite Judge Ernesto Kreplak to brief legislators on the ongoing case.
- Reports were submitted by Buenos Aires City, Santa Fe and Córdoba, while Formosa has yet to file, as victims’ families again attended and pressed for answers.
- The broader investigation links more than 100 deaths to contaminated fentanyl ampoules traced to HLB Pharma Group and Droguería Ramallo, with executives detained and product recalls ordered.