The Pathology of Heparin
The OSCS contaminant could have been in Heparin over a much larger time frame. NEJM says the OSCS contaminant found in Heparin will cause anaphylactic shock. What can kill can cause organ damage in survivors. Dialysis patients and other Heparin recipients were far more vulnerable to the effect of this allergen. READ MORE
- No reason to narrow the focus to the 82 deaths the FDA has flagged. Numbers are likely higher by a magnitude of at least 10.
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Contaminated Heparin Can Do More Than Kill
Severe morbidity/organ damage to survivors who didn't have a flagged allergic reaction. READ MORE
Conditions at Changzhou
David Nelson, a Congressional investigator, told the House panel that had the F.D.A. inspected the Chinese plant, the contamination could have been averted. READ MORE
What's New Our Blogs by TopicThe entire hearings for the FDA’s Foreign Drug Inspection Program: Weaknesses Place Americans at Risk
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2123 Rayburn House Office Building
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Drug Safety: FDA Pushes for Manufacturers to Take Greater ...
RedOrbit - Dallas,TX,USA
The question still remains: would increasing the number of inspections have prevented Baxter's blood thinning agent Heparin (heparin sodium) scandal earlier ...READ MORE
APP Pharmaceuticals names new executives
Chicago Tribune - United States By Bruce Japsen | Tribune reporter
Schaumburg-based APP Pharmaceuticals Inc., maker of the blood thinner heparin and other injectable drugs, promoted Thomas ...READ MORE
Our view on your safety: Businesses, regulators fail, and a ...
USA Today - USA
Contaminated heparin spotlights threat from low-cost suppliers. Leroy Hubley lost his wife, Bonnie, 65, last December and his son Randy, 47, a month later. ...READ MORE
Heparin Contamination May Have Been Deliberate, FDA Says
New York Times - United States
A third of the material in some batches of the thinner heparin were contaminants, “and it does strain one’s credulity to suggest that might have been done ...READ MORE
Feds rule out weather as factor in helicopter crash
Associated Press - May 1, 2008 7:54 PM ET WASILLA, Alaska (AP)
Federal investigators are now focusing on possible mechanical problems after discounting weather as a factor in a helicopter ...READ MORE
Heparin victims' suffering recounted
CNN - USA
Now, after learning that my husband was given contaminated heparin, I understand even more that everything in health care is vital. ...READ MORE
Heparin contamination appears deliberate: Baxter CEO
WASHINGTON (AFP)
US drug-maker Baxter International said Tuesday its blood thinner heparin, which is produced in China and has been linked to dozens of ...READ MORE
Families of contaminated heparin victims tell stories of deaths
The Associated Press - WASHINGTON (AP)
The widow of a man who died after receiving contaminated heparin told a congressional subcommittee Tuesday "we have a false sense of ...READ MORE
Heparin deaths in spotlight
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA By Randolph E. Schmid AP WASHINGTON
The wife of a man who died after receiving contaminated heparin told a congressional subcommittee yesterday that "we ...READ MORE
Baxter calls tainting 'deliberate'
Chicago Tribune - United States
The scale of the scandal over tainted heparin continued to expand. David Strunce, chief executive of Wisconsin-based Scientific Protein, acknowledged that ...READ MORE
FDA calls for more money and power to keep imported drugs safe
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
A congressional panel grills officials and hears from relatives of those who died after using tainted heparin. By Jonathan D. Rockoff, Baltimore Sun ...READ MORE
Most Recent Heparin Hearing, May 01, 2008
CNN
Here is some footage of the Heparin meeting from this week where it was stated that the contamination of Heparin would appear intentional.
Youtube Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMtFv2GrvZc
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