Sen. Chuck Schumer on heparin-related injury:
Federal government must do better

In response to the slew of people coming forward with a Heparin-related injury, Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said the federal government should require foreign manufacturers to allow American inspectors to monitor drug factories, reported the Newsday newspaper on March 8, 2008.

According to the article, Schumer indicated he and Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) will soon introduce legislation to increase Food and Drug Administration (FDA) funding and require the overseas monitoring.

To date, the FDA has linked 19 deaths and hundreds of injuries in people taking the blood thinner to tainted heparin ingredients imported from China.

Schumer was quoted as saying, "We would basically say to any country, 'If you're not going to meet our standards, you can't import drugs into our country.'"

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