National Agency for Drug and Food Control (BPOM) will criminalize two pharmaceutical companies that produce drugs high in ethylene glycol (EG) and diethylene glycol (DEG). Bareskrim Police Headquarters explore it.
“It’s just a potential, it has yet to be explored. The problem has to be looked for,” said the Director of Specific Drug Offenses (Dirtipidter) of the National Police’s Criminal Investigation Department, Brigadier General Pipit Rismanto on Monday (24/10). . / 2022).
Pipit did not comment much on the presence of elements of criminal violations committed by the two companies. He said the national police team was still investigating whether there were any violations related to acute kidney cases that claimed the children.
“Our team is conducting an investigation together with the BPOM and the Indonesian Ministry of Health. If there is a positive point, we will certainly inform you,” he said.
The police team involved members of the Directorate of General Crimes (Dittipidum), the Directorate of Drug Crimes (Dittipid Narkoba) and the Directorate of Special Economic Crimes (Dittipideksus).
BPOM will criminalize 2 companies
Previously, BPOM allegedly criminalized two pharmaceutical companies. The drugs manufactured by the two companies are believed to contain very high ethylene glycol (EG) and diethylene glycol (DEG) so that they can potentially cause disease. acute renal failure.
“In this process, we also got two pharmaceutical companies that we will follow to become criminals,” said BPOM head Penny Lukito after a limited meeting with President Joko Widodo at Bogor Building, Bogor, West Java, Monday (24 / 10).
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