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Heparin injuries grow and lawmakers investigate the path of the contamination

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials said that as many as 81 deaths and hundreds of injuries among patients taking the blood thinner heparin have been traced to a man-made contaminant from China, according to ABC News on April 21, 2008.

Chinese officials, however, contend the contaminant is not the cause of the severe reactions among patients.

Due to the growing number of people who have been harmed by Heparin, a hearing was held on April 22 to discuss ways in which the FDA can improve its system that currently inspects only about 10 to 20 of China's 700 registered drug firms per year.

At that meeting, an Agency spokes many said the FDA's response to growing challenges in a "rapidly and radically changing world" has not been adequate.

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see also:

Heparin Deliberately Contaminated? FDA: Heparin May Have Been Deliberately Contaminated--Lawsuit Info
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Contaminated Heparin Unregulated Chemical by China Led to Contaminated Heparin--lawyers
Chinese regulators at fault for contaminated Heparin--Free case review

Heparin News, 2.28.07 Breaking News: Baxter Recalls Most Heparin Products After 4 Die
Heparin Pulled From Market After News of Illness--Free Lawsuit Info

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