Overview
- The federal court in La Plata, which issued a 382-page ruling Wednesday, expanded the processing of 13 owners, executives and technicians tied to HLB Pharma and Laboratorios Ramallo.
- The resolution credits 90 fatal victims as confirmed while noting more than 100 suspected cases still await forensic review.
- Malbrán lab results found bacteria in the ampoules matched patient isolates, and a new “sufficient dose” test counts patients given five or more vials as confirmed when genetic samples are missing.
- The court said ANMAT could not retrieve all stock, so it ordered a recovery that immobilized ampoules in 17 provinces and it is now examining oversight by ANMAT and the national drug institute INAME.
- Relatives in Rosario and other cities plan memorials one year after the national alert and report gaps in medical records that they say undercount those harmed.