Definitions
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- adj. Overly sulfated.
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Examples
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Chinese officials have disputed the FDA's finding that the contaminant was a substance called oversulfated chondroitin sulfate.
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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.
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Baxter tests on the Delaware incidents didn't detect a contaminant found in last year's heparin-illness outbreak, oversulfated chondroitin sulfate.
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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.
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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.
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The FDA has said it doesn't yet know how or when the contaminated ingredient, oversulfated chondroitin sulfate, was put into the supply.
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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.
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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.
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"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.
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According to the guidance document, contamination involving the chemical at issue -- oversulfated chondroitin sulfate OSCS -- appears intentional to save costs.
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