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NEWS ABOUT: contaminated drugs

contaminated drugs stories: 3 news summaries

 Heparin Victims Testify on Hill 

Man outraged that drug was approved for sale

Apr 29, 08 4:30 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

Blood Thinner Woes Hit Germany

100 may have been sickened by heparin
not tied to Baxter

Mar 7, 08 8:32 AM CST
(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... More »

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

Abortion Pill Maker in Tainted Drug Scandal

Paralyzing meds made by Chinese firm that sells all RU-486 in US

Jan 31, 08 5:00 AM CST
(Newser) - A Chinese pharmaceutical giant which exports the abortion pill RU-486 to the US is accused of producing tainted cancer medication and of attempting a cover-up.  Shanghai Hualian's tainted drugs left 200 Chinese leukemia patients hospitalized, some paralyzed, reports the New York Times. There's no indication US shipments of RU-486... More »

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FDA • Pfizer • leukemia • Shanghai Hualian • mifepristone • abortion pill • Danco Laboratories • cover up • contaminated drugs

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