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Argentina’s Deadly Fentanyl Cover-Up | Argentina News
Argentina’s worst medical scandal in a century is unfolding, centered on contaminated fentanyl that killed at least 90 people in 2025. A hospital in La Plata discovered the same deadly bacteria in both tainted drug vials and sick patients, triggering an investigation that now targets top former officials: Nélida Bisio, head of ANMAT, and Gabriela Mantecón Fumadó, who ran a key drug institute. Both are accused of ignoring serious safety flaws at pharmaceutical companies HLB Pharma and Laboratorios Ramallo — allowing lethal fentanyl to flood the market. While 13 company executives were already…
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