From the scandal of ephedrine to contaminated fentanyl: the peculiar route of a laboratory with links in power

The history of the owners of HLB Pharma goes back to an explosion in Rosario, in full investigation on the case of ephedrine; also on a trip to Russia for Sputnik V vaccines

It is HLB Pharma, of the Kirchnerist entrepreneur Ariel García Furfaro and Jorge Salinas, investigated by the Mafia of Medicines in the PAMI.Emissaries of the company traveled to Russia in pandemic and began the procedures in Argentina to approve the drug against covid.Now they denounce it for an outbreak of pneumonia that arose from fentanyl.

A patient who died at the Clemente Álvarez Emergency Hospital (HECA) could have become one of the first victims of the fentanyl contaminated in Rosario. The case is among the 19 reported nationwide as possible consequences of the supply of this potent adulterated analgesic. On May 7, an alert was issued by health authorities about irregularities in a batch of fentanyl distributed in public and private health centers throughout the country. In Ro…

The National Administration of Medicines, Food and Technology (ANMAT) ordered the virtual closure of HLB Pharma, a pharmaceutical firm controlled by Kirchnerista businessman Ariel García Furfaro, which acquired importance to have wanted to bring the Sputnik vaccine to Argentina. The state agency inhibited the pharmaceutical company and laboratory Ramallo from being able to sell and produce a medicine that caused an outbreak of pneumonia in La Pl…

After a series of inspections, the National Administration of Medicines, Food and Medical Technology (ANMAT) ordered the virtual closure of HLB Pharma after detecting a bacterial outbreak in a batch of products. The laboratory is recognized for having tried to produce the Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19 in Argentina during the government of Alberto Fernández. Through Regulation 3158/2025 published in the Official Gazette, the public agency in…

This is the HLB Pharma Group, which during the Covid-19 pandemic tried to take over the distribution of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine. The agency also suspended activity at a plant linked to that firm.