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Contaminated Heparin - FDA & News Updates

FDA indicates contamination may have been intentional.

Posted by Marie B. Walker
April, 2008

Reports of contaminated heparin have been in the news in recent months. You can read what the FDA is reporting on the issue at http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug/infopage/heparin

I have also provided links below to some recent news stories on the subject. The first story is the most recent and addresses FDA concerns that the contamination was intentional.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/30/health/
policy/30heparin.html?_r=1&ref=health&oref=slogin

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24239849

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,348530,00.html

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/
Healthday/story?id=4713686&page=1

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/
article/2008/04/08/AR2008040803032.html

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