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Drug Recall of Heparin
The product recall of Heparin was initiated due to a notification received from the supplier, Scientific Protein Laboratories, disclosing that one lot of Heparin Sodium acquired by B...

Imported Heparin to be Tested
Today the FDA ordered the detention of all imported supplies of heparin blood-thinner products so they could be tested for possible contamination. Heparin is derived from pig intestines, and used in dialysis and heart procedures, among other surgeries, to avoid blood clots...

Heparin Recalled
Baxter International, the manufacturer of heparin, issued an urgent nationwide voluntary recall of its blood-thinner, Heparin. According to the New York Times, there were problems with a Chinese plant that supplied an active ingredient...

Heparin Recall Death Toll Rises
The FDA yesterday raised from 19 to 62 its estimate of the number of people who may have died as the result of the Baxter heparin recall. Regrettably, this number is going to continue to rise well past 62 fatalities...

Heparin Linked to More Deaths
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...

Heparin Recall Answers
The FDA performed MRI tests on Baxter's heparin blood thinner that has already caused at least 21 deaths. The MRI found that as much as 20 percent of the drug's active ingredient was made from an undetermined counterfeit material...

Seven Lots of Heparin Recalled
Seven Lots of Heparin Recalled

Heparin Injections
alleging syringes were contaminated with bacteria.

Medtronic Inc.
stents coated with contaminated heparin recalled