China says Baxter obstructing investigations into heparin deaths

" Chinese officials said US drugmaker Baxter International was obstructing an investigation into deaths linked to a Chinese-made blood thinner called heparin, Reuters reported. The State Food and Drug Administration said Baxter was not cooperating with Chinese...

SFDA denies link between US deaths and Chinese-made drug

China's State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) said no direct linkhas been proven between deaths in the US and the blood thinner heparin,APreported. A US congressional subcommittee was told last month thatcontaminated heparin has been linked to 81 deaths and 785...

Chinese Counterfeiting may be linked to heparin deaths

"Food and Drug Administration’s center for drug evaluation and research, have identified a contaminant in batches of the blood thinner heparin associated with 19 deaths and is at the point in concluding that the US might be the latest victims of lethal Chinese drug...

Healthedia.com: Who is Responsible for Monitoring China’s Raw Heparin Quality?

When complaints surfaced in the United States from patients suffering serious complications after receiving the blood-thinning drug heparin, investigations began to determine whether the raw material used for the drug had been contaminated. The raw material is made from pig...

Heparin Blood Thinner Maker Probed - US Health Officials

"U.S. health officials plan to inspect a Chinese factory which could be the source of problems with the blood thinner heparin which is linked to allergic reactions and possibly four deaths. The FDA announced that Baxter Healthcare Corporation has temporarily stopped...

New Study Findings Confirm CLEXANE(R)/LOVENOX(R) Long-Term Clinical Benefit

sanofi-aventis announced today that one year findings from the landmark ExTRACT-TIMI 25 and STEEPLE studies confirm clear net clinical benefit for patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) for Lovenox(R) vs Unfractionnated Heparin (UFH). The...