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China plant of Scientific Protein Laboratories may be the source of Heparin contaminant
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According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Scientific Protein Laboratories, Baxter's main supplier of the active pharmaceutical ingredient in heparin, maintains a plant in Changzhou City, China.
Heparin blood-thinning products made by Baxter Healthcare Corp. have been associated with hundreds of adverse reactions and at least four deaths in the United States according to federal health officials, although causation has not yet been definitively established.
Ray Godlewski, vice president of quality for Baxter's medication delivery business, said during a teleconference that "all the contaminated heparin came from China." FDA inspectors have found that the Chinese plant is no longer producing heparin. The inspectors did find deficiencies in the way the plant removed impurities and dealt with testing results that didn't meet specifications. In addition, they found problems in waste disposal and equipment.
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