Tainted Blood Drug to Face Import Tests

March 14th, 2008 at 10:57 pm (China, Counterfeit Merchandise, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Food and Drug Administration, Frauds and Swindling, Germany, Heparin (Drug))

The FDA said last week it found evidence of a contaminant in an ingredient of a blood-thinning drug, heparin, at a Chinese plant that supplied it to much of the U.S. market.

Zrodlo (oryginalny wpis) na http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/15/health/policy/15fda.html?ex=1363320000&en=3626d730258ec0de&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss,By WALT BOGDANICH

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: Tainted Blood Drug to Face Import Tests

March 14th, 2008 at 6:52 pm (China, Counterfeit Merchandise, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Food and Drug Administration, Frauds and Swindling, Germany, Heparin (Drug))

The agency said last week it found evidence of a contaminant in an ingredient of a blood-thinning drug, heparin, at a Chinese plant that supplied it to much of the U.S. market.

Zrodlo (oryginalny wpis) na http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/15/health/policy/15fda.html?ex=1363320000&en=3626d730258ec0de&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss,By WALT BOGDANICH

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Germans Seek China Tie To Blood Thinner Heparin

March 7th, 2008 at 5:51 pm (Accidents and Safety, Baxter International Inc|BAX|NYSE, China, Dingell, John D, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Food and Drug Administration, Germany, Heparin (Drug), House of Representatives, International Trade and World Market, United States)

Concerns about the safety of the blood thinner heparin have spread to Germany, after drug authorities there received reports of patients being sickened after taking the drug.

Zrodlo (oryginalny wpis) na http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/08/world/europe/08heparin.html?ex=1362632400&en=b021ccf0493ef31b&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss,By CARTER DOUGHERTY and ELISABETH ROSENTHAL

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