News for December 17th, 2008

Barton wants answers from FDA about heparin scandal

Rep. Joe Barton, a ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, appears to be fed up with the ’s reluctance to provide details of the tainted heparin scandal that first came into public light earlier this year, according to CNN Money. That scandal resulted in the deaths of more than 80 Americans and adverse reactions in hundreds more, and led to an agency recall of lots of the manufactured in Baxter International’s Chinese facility.

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