oversulfated

• “Chinese officials have disputed the FDA's finding that the contaminant was a substance called oversulfated chondroitin sulfate.”

  The Wall Street Journal: China Never Investigated Tainted Heparin, Says Probe

• “An FDA task force that included drug-industry researchers said the adulterant was oversulfated chondroitin sulfate, a substance that increases the potency of heparin and makes it more valuable.”

  The Wall Street Journal: House Investigates Heparin Crisis

• “Baxter tests on the Delaware incidents didn't detect a contaminant found in last year's heparin-illness outbreak, oversulfated chondroitin sulfate.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Heparin Stirs New Fears

• “But both the U.S. and Chinese drug agencies said they were investigating how the oversulfated chondroitin sulfate, which does not occur naturally, got into the heparin batches.”

  Archive 2008-03-01

• “Earlier this week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration identified the contaminant in heparin batches from a Chinese supplier to U.S. pharmaceuticals company Baxter International Inc. as oversulfated chondroitin sulfate.”

  Archive 2008-03-01

• “The FDA has said it doesn't yet know how or when the contaminated ingredient, oversulfated chondroitin sulfate, was put into the supply.”

  The Wall Street Journal: FDA Withholds List of Chinese

• “The contaminant – oversulfated-chondroitin sulfate – is much more plentiful in the animal, but isn't approved for medical use because it can cause severe allergic reactions in humans.”

  The Wall Street Journal: China's Drug Dilemma

• “Last month, the FDA said some of the heparin contained oversulfated chondroitin sulfate, an altered version of chondroitin sulfate that is used as a dietary supplement and is typically made from animal cartilage.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Economic Fraud Suspected

• “We presume it is the same contaminant," oversulfated chondroitin sulfate, as found in batches of heparin in the U.S., "but it has yet to be definitively confirmed," he said.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Three More European Countries Recall Heparin

• “According to the guidance document, contamination involving the chemical at issue -- oversulfated chondroitin sulfate OSCS -- appears intentional to save costs.”

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