Keeping tabs on contamination

The news of severe bacterial contamination in Argentinian fentanyl supplies certainly illustrates some tragic issues with quality control. A manufacturing facility can face stiff fines, loss of business, and even criminal prosecution for such mistakes, and that’s certainly what we’ll be seeing here. But many readers will probably have been surprised to learn that there is such a thing as an above-board fentanyl production site in Argentina to start with.