Heparin

DOBBS: For years on this broadcast we have been reporting the FDA has simply and utterly failed to protect Americans from contaminated food and drug imports -- the most recent example the Chinese-made drug Heparin, which is responsible for dozens and dozens of deaths.

CNN Transcript Apr 24, 2008 2008

KEILAR: Two and a half weeks after a contaminated blood thinner called Heparin was linked to 19 deaths, U.S. health officials have identified the contaminant.

CNN Transcript Mar 20, 2008 2008

Heparin, which is made from pig intestines, has been the subject of recalls in the U.S. as well as several countries in Europe.

FDA Triples Heparin Death Count 2008

Heparin, which is derived from pig intestines, has been sold in the U.S. since the 1930s.

China Plant Played Role 2008

Here are the guidelines: and first of all they talk about a medication known as Heparin, a low molecular weight Heparin.

CNN Transcript Sep 14, 2004 2004

CAROLE THOMAS, HAHNEMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; As far as what we are going to be doing in the future, President Ford is currently on a blood thinner called Heparin, and is being changed to one called Cumatin (ph), which is the oral form, the pill form.

CNN Transcript - Special Event: Hahnemann Hospital Doctors Hold News Conference on the Condition of Former President Ford - August 3, 2000 2000

I realize this is actually called a Heparin lock (Hep lock) but I think the H was better suited to the hospital.

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In addition, pharmaceutical costs, mainly Heparin, which is not separately reimbursed, had an unfavorable effect on the EBIT margin.

Healthcare Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha 2009

"The Recalled Heparin was adulterated, misbranded, defective, unreasonably dangerous and unfit for its intended uses," the suit states.

Madison County Record 2009

Chemically Altered Chondroitin-Sulfate Found in Recalled Heparin

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