News Tagged ‘Celsus Laboratories Inc.’

Congressman questions FDA’s slow action on heparin seizure

A Texas congressman is questioning why the FDA waited six months to seize lots of contaminated heparin from an Ohio company, according to CNN Money.

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Time shares story of family affected by heparin contamination

A recent Time magazine story gives us a glimpse into a family affected by the contaminated heparin tragedy: Leroy Hubley’s wife of 48 years, Bonnie, suffered from polycystic kidney disease, a genetic kidney disease in which cysts grow in the kidneys, causing them to fail. She received a kidney transplant in October 2007, but her body rejected it, leaving her in need of regular dialysis treatments.

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Doctors outraged by heparin seizure

ConsumerAffairs.com is reporting that doctors are outraged that recalled batches of heparin were found in a Cincinnati, Ohio lab.

“It’s really horrible for two reasons: one, that a company that knows that their product is not a good product that should be distributed and they’ve been told so,” said Dr. Lynne Wagoner, a Christ Hospital Heart Specialist, who was quoted in the story by WTOL-TV in Toledo, Ohio.

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