Sandoz severs ties with European CMO – Dicillin permanently withdrawn from market

Sandoz ends its collaboration with the secret CMO that made the contaminated antibiotic product and cannot rule out other drugs could be infected with multi-resistant bacteria.
Antibiotic Dicillin has infected Danish and Icelandic patients Antibiotikummet Dicillin har smittet både danskere og islændinge med multiresistente bakterier, som patienterne sandsynligvis skal leve med resten af livet. | Photo: Lægemiddelstyrelsen / Pr
Antibiotic Dicillin has infected Danish and Icelandic patients Antibiotikummet Dicillin har smittet både danskere og islændinge med multiresistente bakterier, som patienterne sandsynligvis skal leve med resten af livet. | Photo: Lægemiddelstyrelsen / Pr
by ulrich quistgaard, translated by daniel pedersen

The case concerning the contaminated antibiotic Dicillin that infected Danish and Icelandic patients with multi-resistant CPO bacteria has brought a partnership between Sandoz and its contracted manufacturing organization to an end.

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