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Chile fined two laboratories for producing defective contraceptive pills that were distributed in public hospitals and unleashed, according to the complaints, at least a hundred unwanted pregnancies, a sanction described this Wednesday as insufficient by representatives of the victims.
The Institute of Public Health (ISP) imposed a fine of 66 million pesos to the Laboratorios Silesia SA and Laboratorios Andrómaco SA for “his responsibilities in the distribution and manufacture” of pills CD anulet that had “quality problems” in their B20034A and B20035A series.
A total of 111 women reported in recent months that they had become pregnant despite being subjected to contraceptive treatments in state health centers, according to the human rights organization Miles Corporation, which began to raise its voice in August of last year.
The ISP warned between March and September 2020 that eight batches of six different contraceptive pills that had been or were being administered in public health facilities were defective and ordered its withdrawal from the market.
Days later, however, the agency issued another resolution allowing the distribution of Anulette CD blisters, which were already distributed in the health centers, alluding to the fact that the failures were visually detectable.
“The drug regulatory system stipulates that once a pharmaceutical product is registered, it is up to the registration holder and his technical managers to attest that it is produced, produced and imported in compliance with the specifications “the ISP said in a statement.
The doctor Heriberto Garcia, director of the institution, explained that the penalty “is calculated based on the maximum fines that can be charged according to the Sanitary Code, which amounts to 1,000 UTM “, and” corresponds to be paid to the ISP to be reimbursed to the Treasury. ”
INSUFFICIENT SANCTION, SAY VICTIMS ‘REPRESENTATIVES
The Miles Corporation, which together with the feminist platform Link of women around the world, raised the case to United Nations (UN) and the Commission Inter-American Human Rights (IACHR) He affirmed this Wednesday that he will continue to fight for the reparation of the victims.
“This is a fine from the ISP to the laboratories. It is not direct money to the victims, be careful. We will continue accompanying those affected and will initiate civil actions against the State and the laboratory seeking compensation “, they manifested on Twitter.
“It seems like a joke”later said to Cooperative Miles’ attorney and principal, Javiera canales.
“It is estimated that 60 percent of women in Chile use this particular contraceptiveTherefore, this has a direct impact on the short, medium and even long-term life projects of women who were enrolled in a fertility regulation program. With the information they gave us, we know that it was distributed to all of Chile, except Arica“, he pointed.
He explained that in total there are “27 complaints, of 15 bad lots, including the two that were taken off the market; that is, there are another 13 lots that are still being investigated.”
This is a fine from the ISP to the labs. It is not direct money to the victims, be careful. We will continue to accompany the women who became pregnant with these contraceptives and we will initiate civil actions against the State and the laboratory seeking compensation for them.
– Miles Chile (@MilesChile) February 24, 2021
Many of those affected were low-income women who were denied the possibility of having an abortion because they did not meet any of the three grounds for which the voluntary interruption of pregnancy is allowed in Chile: vital risk of the mother, fetal infeasibility or rape.
Last January, the parliamentary discussion was resumed to completely decriminalize abortion, a desire for Chilean feminist groups and a historic claim in the region that until now Argentina, Cuba, Uruguay, Guyana, Mexico City and the Mexican state of Oaxaca have made law.
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