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Baxter International sued in class action lawsuit
January 8, 2009 – An Illinois woman has filed a lawsuit against Baxter International, Inc. – the manufacturer of the popular blood-thinner Heparin – claiming the company substituted a more dangerous ingredient in the medicine to “reap greater profits as a result of utilizing cheap component parts.”
The four-count lawsuit, filed in St. Clair County Circuit Court, is asking the court to certify the complaint as class action and seeks damages, citing more than 100 deaths and countless Heparin allergic reactions that have been attributed to the tainted blood-thinner.
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Last February, Baxter recalled most of its Heparin products when severe allergic reactions and deaths were reported. Heparin is manufactured in China and in Wisconsin.
When the FDA visited Baxter’s Chinese manufacturing plants, it reported finding a mysterious contaminant in Heparin that was an inexpensive and unapproved ingredient designed to mimic the real, more expensive ingredient.
The plaintiff claims in her lawsuit that of the 103 deaths linked to Heparin between January 2007 and April 2008, the majority, 91, were reported after January 1, 2008. The FDA first identified the bogus ingredient in March, 2008.
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