Personal Injury Law

Heparin Linked to More Deaths

By Michael Phelan

The Food and Drug Administration reported last week that the number of deaths associated with heparin, a brand of blood thinner, has risen. The brand of heparin associated with the problems is made by Baxter International. Baxter produces most of the heparin used in the United States. Heparin is made from pig intestines, which, of course, could be supplied by U.S. farmers. Baxter buys its supplies from a Chinese plant. Federal drug regulators said last Thursday that they found "potential deficiencies" at a Chinese plant, Changzhou SPL, that supplied much of the active ingredient for heparin.

Full post as published by Richmond Virginia Personal Injury Lawyer on March 02, 2008 (boomark / email).