Production at contaminated CMO continues – authorities deny further risks

The Danish Medicines Agency says shutting down the one production line specifically making the contaminated Dicillin is adequate, although the root cause is still unknown.
Initial probes pointed to the contamination coming from the capsules containing Dicillin, or the drug's packaging | Photo: Lægemiddelstyrelsen / Pr
Initial probes pointed to the contamination coming from the capsules containing Dicillin, or the drug's packaging | Photo: Lægemiddelstyrelsen / Pr
by ulrich quistgaard, translated by daniel pedersen

The precise cause for how some patients in Denmark and Iceland got infected with multiresistant CPO bacteria after being treated with contaminated antibiotic Dicillin has yet to be determined. 

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