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  • April 2008

    • Heparin Victims Testify on Hill

      Reuters  |  Apr 29, 08 4:30 PM CDT

      Heparin Victims Testify on Hill

      (Newser) - Relatives of some of the 81 Americans whose deaths have been linked to tainted heparin told a Congressional subcommittee about their experiences today, Reuters reports. An Ohio man wept as he told lawmakers his wife and son, who had a genetic kidney disease, died within a month after being given heparin while undergoing dialysis. "I want to know if my daughter and the millions of others who continue to receive dialysis are safe," said Leroy Hubley. More »

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      Congress  • regulation  • Heparin  • Baxter International  • blood thinner  • drug safety  • contaminated drugs

    • Deadly Heparin Found in 11 Nations

      New York Times  |  Apr 22, 08 7:17 AM CDT

      Deadly Heparin Found in 11 Nations

      (Newser) - The FDA has traced a contaminated blood thinner from a Chinese factory to 11 countries, the New York Times reports. Severe reactions to the contaminated heparin have been linked to the deaths of 81 Americans, but it wasn't immediately clear if the drug may have triggered fatalities in other countries. Chinese officials have denied that the contamination caused any deaths and have demanded to be allowed to inspect the US plant where the heparin was packaged. More »

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      China  • FDA  • pharmaceutical companies  • Heparin  • Baxter International  • Changzhou SPL

  • March 2008

    • Feds ID Extra Drug in Baxter's Recalled Heparin

      Wall Street Journal  |  Mar 19, 08 1:44 PM CDT

      Feds ID Extra Drug in Baxter's Recalled Heparin

      (Newser) - The Food and Drug Administration has identified the extra ingredient found in samples of Baxter’s blood-thinning drug heparin, the Wall Street Journal reports today. Some batches of the drug—recalled in January after reports of allergic reactions—contained over-sulfated chondroitin sulfate, but it is not certain that was the cause of the hundreds of reactions or 19 deaths linked to Baxter’s product. More »

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      China  • FDA  • pharmaceutical companies  • Heparin  • Baxter International  • blood thinner  • drug manufacturer  • drug recall  • allergic reaction  • chondroitin sulfate

    • Quaid Speaks Out on Medical Mistakes

      CBS  |  Mar 15, 08 1:11 PM CDT

      Quaid Speaks Out on Medical Mistakes

      (Newser) - Dennis Quaid has gone on record about the frightening ordeal of his newborn twins receiving massive overdoses of blood thinners, and now he's going on 60 Minutes to ratchet up his information campaign. Quaid's interview, which will be broadcast tomorrow evening, uses his own harrowing story to highlight medical errors that kill 100,000 people a year in the US. "Our kids are bleeding from every place that they've punctured," he recalled. "It was blood everywhere."  More »

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      celebrity  • Heparin  • Baxter International  • overdose  • Dennis Quaid  • Kimberly Quaid  • Zoe Grace Quaid  • Thomas Boone Quaid

    • Blood Thinner Woes Hit Germany

      New York Times  |  Mar 7, 08 8:32 AM CST

      Blood Thinner Woes Hit Germany

      (Newser) - Heparin blood thinners may have sickened as many as 100 people in Germany, health officials report. The FDA is currently investigating the drug after it was linked to 19 deaths and hundreds of allergic reactions in the US, possibly due to contaminants from China. The agency is now recommending that all American heparin manufacturers test supplies for contaminants and counterfeit ingredients. More »

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      China  • Germany  • FDA  • Heparin  • Baxter International  • blood thinner  • contaminated drugs  • drug recall  • drug reactions

    • FDA Finds Contaminant in Blood Thinner

      New York Times  |  Mar 5, 08 9:49 PM CST

      FDA Finds Contaminant in Blood Thinner

      (Newser) - The FDA has found a contaminant in samples of heparin, a blood thinner produced mainly in China linked to 19 deaths and nearly 800 allergic reactions in the US, the New York Times reports. The contaminant may be a counterfeit form of heparin added to reduce its manufacturing cost. The FDA is fine-tuning tests to better detect it. More »

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      China  • FDA  • pharmaceutical industry  • Heparin  • Baxter International  • blood thinner  • drug manufacturer

  • February 2008

    • Possible Heparin Deaths Increase; Recall Expands

      New York Times  |  Feb 29, 08 8:07 AM CST

      Possible Heparin Deaths Increase; Recall Expands

      (Newser) - Baxter International has expanded its recall of heparin products as the FDA said the number of deaths possibly linked to the blood thinner rose from 4 to 21, the New York Times reports. The agency said it found "deficiencies" at a Chinese plant that supplied the active ingredient. Baxter, which produces about half of the nation's supply, has now recalled virtually all of its heparin products. More »

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      China  • Heparin  • Baxter International  • blood thinner  • pigs

    • Heparin Supply Chain Shaky in China

      New York Times  |  Feb 28, 08 2:07 PM CST

      Heparin Supply Chain Shaky in China

      (Newser) - With at least four US patients dead and hundreds suffering complications from the blood-thinning drug heparin, the New York Times follows the supply chain back to Chinese slaughterhouses that deal with the pig intestines that provide raw material for the drug. Though companies say the chain is secure, the Times finds it vulnerable to contamination and lack of oversight. More »

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      China  • medicine  • pharmaceutical companies  • pharmaceutical  • pharmaceutical industry  • Heparin  • Baxter International  • blood thinner  • supply chain  • Changzhou SPL

    • FDA Approved Wrong China Firm

      Washington Post  |  Feb 19, 08 6:26 AM CST

      FDA Approved Wrong China Firm

      (Newser) - The Chinese facility that supplied the active ingredient of the blood-thinner heparin, linked to hundreds of adverse reactions and four US deaths, was never inspected by the FDA because the agency confused it with another plant of the same name, the Washington Post reports. The company was given approval based on an earlier FDA inspection of the other factory. "The wrong firm was put into the database," said the FDA's deputy director. More »

    • Chinese Factory Linked to Deadly US Drug

      Wall Street Journal  |  Feb 14, 08 4:46 AM CST

      Chinese Factory Linked to Deadly US Drug

      (Newser) - The active ingredient in a drug linked to four deaths and hundreds of adverse reactions in the US has been traced to a Chinese factory which has never been inspected by the FDA, reports the Wall Street Journal . The drug is a blood-thinner made by Baxter International, a   version of the generic drug heparin, which is used in heart surgery and dialysis to prevent blood from clotting. Baxter has halted production of the drug. More »

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      China  • FDA  • Heparin  • Baxter International  • deaths

  • December 2007

    • Quaids Sue Drug Firm Over OD

      Chicago Tribune  |  Dec 5, 07 9:00 AM CST

      Quaids Sue Drug Firm Over OD

      (Newser) - Actor Dennis Quaid and his wife filed a lawsuit against Baxter International, maker of the blood thinner Heparin, after their newborn twins nearly died of an overdose, the Chicago Tribune reports. The couple said Baxter was negligent because it packaged two different strengths of the drug, one a thousand times more concentrated than the other, in similar vials. More »

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      celebrity  • lawsuit  • drug companies  • drug overdose  • Heparin  • Baxter International  • infants  • Dennis Quaid  • medical errors

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