News for May 18th, 2009

Baxter says it’s not responsible for recent heparin deaths, illness

It’s like a bad dream happening all over again – people falling ill or dying after receiving doses of the heparin. In 2007, tainted doses of heparin killed more than 80 Americans and injured hundreds more. And while investigations into the cause continue, the culprit was found to have been over-sulfated chondroitin sulfate (OSCS) a -mimicking contaminant that made its way into batches of that were manufactured in Baxter International’s plant.

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