Jakarta –
Bareskrim Polri is still looking for the owner of supplier company CV Samudera Chemical with the initials E. E is known to have fled after being drawn into a case of acute kidney failure.
Bareskrim Polri director Brigadier General Pipit Rismanto said his party would inquire from the company owner about the raw material supply for the drug propylene glycol (PG), which was found to contain an excess of ethylene glycol (EG) and diethylene glycol (DEG).
“The source of PG’s findings is under investigation as the perpetrators are currently on the run,” he said when confirmed, on Friday (11/18/2022).
Pipit said the intuition of the owner of the drug supply company was helpful in developing the criminal case for kidney failure.
“We will later confirm from the authors whether they produce or get supplies from elsewhere,” he said.
Earlier, the head of the Public Relations Division of the National Police, Inspector General Dedi Prasetyo, said the two companies were found guilty of committing an offense of manufacturing medicines or distributing pharmaceutical preparations that did not meet the standards of quality.
Bareskrim Polri has named two companies as suspects cases of acute renal failure. The two companies are PT Afi Farma and CV Samudera Chemical.
“Yes, that is true,” National Police Inspector General Public Relations Division Chief Dedi Prasetyo said on Thursday (17/11/2022) when asked for confirmation.
The two companies are suspected of having committed the crime of manufacturing drugs or distributing pharmaceutical supplies that do not meet safety, efficacy, benefit and quality standards and/or requirements. Dedi said PT Afi Farma deliberately did not test PG additives that contained EGs and DEGs that exceeded the threshold.
“PT A only copies the data provided by the supplier without testing and quality control to ensure that the material can be used for production,” said Dedi.
PT Afi Farma allegedly obtained the additional raw materials from CV Samudera Chemical after partnering with BPOM at the location. From CV Samudera Chemical, it has been found that 42 propylene glycol drums containing ethylene glycol have exceeded the threshold.
“The collected evidence is a set of pharmaceutical preparations manufactured by PT A, various documents including PO (purchase order) and DO (delivery order) from PT A, laboratory test results on drug samples manufactured by PT A and 42 PG drums suspected to contain EG. and DEG, which was found in CV SC,” Dedi said.
PT Afi Farma as a capital company is subject to art. 196 in conjunction with art. 98 paragraph 2 and paragraph 3 in conjunction with art. and Article 62 paragraph (1) Jo Article 8 paragraph (3) of Law No. 8 of 1999 on consumer protection provides for a sentence of 10 years’ imprisonment and a maximum fine of Rp. 2 billion.
Meanwhile, CV Samudera Chemical was indicted under article 196 in conjunction with article 98 paragraph (2) and paragraph (3) and/or article 60 number 4 of Law No. in conjunction with article 201 paragraph 1 and/or paragraph 2 of law no. 36 of 2009 on health and article 62 in conjunction with article 8 paragraph 3 of law no. 56 of the penal code with the threat of 15 years of imprisonment and the maximum fine of Rp. 2 billion.
See also the video: The journey of acute kidney failure cases Up to 2 companies become suspects
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