María Florencia Prieto

María Florencia Prieto is an infectious disease specialist from Concordia, Entre Ríos, known for her work at the Instituto Médico Quirúrgico Garat since 2008. In 2023, she raised alarms about contaminated medication from HLB that had infected six breast cancer patients with a rare bacterium, Ralstonia mannitolilytica. Her investigation highlighted the potential dangers of lax oversight in the pharmaceutical industry, particularly relating to the ANMAT's response to safety concerns, and she expressed frustration over the lack of action taken despite her warnings.