Hundreds Fall Ill From Heparin After FDA Fails to Inspect Facility. Have our lawyers review your case.
The lawyers in the Drugs and Medical Devices Litigation unit of Weitz & Luxenberg P.C. are currently reviewing cases of those who claim they have been harmed by the blood-thinner Heparin.
Baxter Healthcare Corporation, which manufactures Heparin, and the Food &
Drug Administration (FDA) are currently under the microscope for a recent
dangerous mix-up involving the popular blood-thinner.
Last week, news
reports revealed that the FDA had never inspected the Chinese facility that
supplies the active ingredient for Heparin.
The FDA has admitted its
supplier was never inspected because the agency confused it with another
facility.
The FDA said that a team of inspectors is now headed to China
to review the correct plant to determine what may have caused serious problems
with Heparin.
Unfortunately, belated attempts to remedy this issue have
come too late for the hundreds of US patients who have fallen ill as a result of
the tainted heparin.
About 350 adverse events associated with the Baxter
product have been reported since the end of last year compared to less than 100
reports in 2007, according to the Agency.
If you were harmed after being
administered heparin, please complete the form below and a representative of our
firm will contact you as soon as possible.
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