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US FDA Reports More Deaths from Blood Thinner Heparin
April 10, 2008 at 2:45 PM
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The 103 deaths reported to the FDA of patients who had been using heparin occurred between January 2007 and February 2008, the agency said on its website. Sixty-two of those deaths were reported to have involved allergic reactions.
The FDA on March 5 said it had detected an unidentified contaminant in heparin injections sold by Baxter International pharmaceuticals.
It was determined that most of the active ingredients in the drug came from a plant in Changzou, China working with Wisconsin-based Scientific Protein Laboratories, which supplies Baxter.
Imports of heparin were halted last month to test for contaminants possibly linked to several deaths and severe allergic reactions.
Source-AFP
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