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U.S. Marshals Seize Tainted Blood Thinner in Ohio |
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CNN | November 6, 2008 |
Federal authorities said Thursday they have seized some of an Ohio company's supplies of contaminated blood thinner containing material from China. U.S. marshals, acting at the request of the Food and Drug Administration, seized 11 lots of heparin from Celsus Laboratories Inc. of Cincinnati, the agency said in a news release. |
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Heparin Patients' Suffering Recounted |
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CNN | April 29, 2008 |
In emotional testimony before a congressional subcommittee Tuesday, relatives of people who died after being injected with contaminated heparin expressed anger and sadness at the failure of the manufacturer and government regulators to ensure the drugs were safe. "I watched my husband and my best friend slip away before my eyes," Colleen Hubley of Toledo, Ohio, told the House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. "My husband was a fighter until the bitter end ... I know that he would want me to make sure this doesn't happen to anyone else." |
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U.S. Identifies Tainted Heparin in 11 Countries |
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The New York Times | April 22, 2008 |
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| A contaminated blood thinner from China has been found in drug supplies in 11 countries, and federal officials said Monday they had discovered a clear link between the contaminant and severe reactions now associated with 81 deaths in the United States. | |
FDA Finds Contaminant in Suspect Blood-Thinner |
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CNN | March 5, 2008 |
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U.S. health officials said Wednesday they have found a contaminant in a blood-thinning drug produced by Baxter Healthcare Corp. that has been linked to more than a dozen deaths in the United States. In early February, the Food and Drug Administration launched an investigation and then a recall of some forms of the product. |
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Blood-Thinning Drug Under Suspicion |
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CBS News | March 1, 2008 |
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| Every day thousands of Americans rely on the blood thinner Heparin to survive. Now that drug is under suspicion for 21 deaths and hundreds of allergic reactions. Baxter International, a major manufacturer of the drug, has stopped selling almost all forms of Heparin. |
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