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  • April 2008

    • Heparin Victims Testify on Hill

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Apr 29, 08 4:30 PM CDT

      Heparin Victims Testify on Hill

      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

  • March 2008

    • Feds ID Extra Drug in Baxter's Recalled Heparin

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

      Feds ID Extra Drug in Baxter's Recalled Heparin

      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

    • Blood Thinner Woes Hit Germany

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

      Blood Thinner Woes Hit Germany

      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

    • FDA Finds Contaminant in Blood Thinner

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

      FDA Finds Contaminant in Blood Thinner

      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
  • November 2007

    • New Blood Thinner Tops Plavix in Trials

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Nov 5, 07 9:00 AM CST

      New Blood Thinner Tops Plavix in Trials

      An experimental new blood-thinner looks like real competition for top-selling anti-clotting drug Plavix, after proving more effective at preventing heart attacks, strokes, and heart-related death in a recent trial, the AP reports. But “there is a price to pay” for increased effectiveness, wrote one doctor—the new drug caused an extra bleeding death for each heart-related one it prevented. More »

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      drugs  • medicine  • FDA  • heart disease  • heart attack  • heart  • blood thinner  • Plavix

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