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Contamination in Heparin Drug

By Owen, Patterson & Owen

The Food and Drug Administration believe they have discovered what?s contaminating the blood-thinning medication heparin and are trying to determine whether it was put in the drug intentionally. FDA officials said the man-made chemical compound known as over-sulfated chondroitin sulfate is cheap and abundant. It mimics heparin when tested, but is not naturally occurring and not something that would be part of the normal production chain for heparin. The FDA also emphasized it is not yet certain read more

Full post as published by Personal Injury Attorneys--Owen, Patterson & Owen on March 20, 2008 (boomark / email).