Two deaths in Delaware are linked to the premixed intravenous (IV) bags of heparin administered to them in recent days.  A third patient suffered adverse effects, too, but has survived the ordeal, according to Erin Gardiner, a spokesperson for Baxter…

Officials for the United States met with the Chinese regarding the origin of the tainted heparin that sparked a rash of allergic reactions and several dozen US deaths lately but failed to reach an agreement as to where the contaminant…

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has just released some important statistics that reveal the number of heparin-related deaths before and after the recent recall of heparin and heparin-related products manufactured and/or distributed by Baxter International Inc. and Scientific…

In the last few days, three new countries have joined the growing list of nations recalling heparin, the popular blood-thinning medication that has made headlines around the world in recent weeks due to contamination of its raw ingredients, which has…

China’s State Food and Drug Administration has issued a directive to the makers of heparin and heparin-related products to purchase supplies from only registered suppliers and to strengthen quality control standards. The safety of the raw ingredients has come under…

A growing trend from China seems to be undermining the integrity of Chinese products. Last year alone, diethylene glycol, a component of antifreeze, was found in cold medicines made or sourced in China and shipped worldwide. More than 100 people…

On Friday, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it is taking action against shipments of heparin coming into the country from China after an influx of reports describing allergic reactions, including four fatalities, which may be linked…

Three Japanese companies recently recalled the drug, heparin, because its manufacturer in Wisconsin uses ingredients from China. They cite precaution as their reason for the recall. Scientific Protein Laboratories in Waunakee, Wisconsin, gets its product from its own plant in…

German authorities have recalled a popular blood-thinner heparin, due to some 100 reports of adverse reactions. According to the reports, german heparin produced by Rotex Medica GmBH Arzneimittelwerk contains active ingredient that did not come from Scientific Protein Laboratories, the…

Baxter announced a voluntary recall of all remaining lots of various heparin related drugs and heparin flush products. The initial recall was announced January 17, 2008 as a precautionary measure as reports came in of adverse patient reactions that were…