Read more blood thinner stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/23366/blood-thinner.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:09:21 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/26032/heparin-victims-testify-on-hill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRelatives of some of the 81 Americans whose deaths have been linked to tainted heparin told a Congressional subcommittee about their experiences today, Reuters reports. An Ohio man wept as he told lawmakers his wife and son, who had a genetic kidney disease, died within a month after being given...http://www.newser.com/story/26032/heparin-victims-testify-on-hill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 29 Apr 2008 16:30:20 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/21989/feds-id-extra-drug-in-baxters-recalled-heparin.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Food and Drug Administration has identified the extra ingredient found in samples of Baxter’s blood-thinning drug heparin, the Wall Street Journal reports today. Some batches of the drug—recalled in January after reports of allergic reactions—contained over-sulfated chondroitin sulfate, but it is not certain that was the cause...http://www.newser.com/story/21989/feds-id-extra-drug-in-baxters-recalled-heparin.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 19 Mar 2008 13:44:43 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/20971/blood-thinner-woes-hit-germany.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHeparin blood thinners may have sickened as many as 100 people in Germany, health officials report. The FDA is currently investigating the drug after it was linked to 19 deaths and hundreds of allergic reactions in the US, possibly due to contaminants from China. The agency is now recommending that...http://www.newser.com/story/20971/blood-thinner-woes-hit-germany.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 07 Mar 2008 8:32:50 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/20838/fda-finds-contaminant-in-blood-thinner.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe FDA has found a contaminant in samples of heparin, a blood thinner produced mainly in China linked to 19 deaths and nearly 800 allergic reactions in the US, the New York Times reports. The contaminant may be a counterfeit form of heparin added to reduce its manufacturing cost. The...http://www.newser.com/story/20838/fda-finds-contaminant-in-blood-thinner.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 05 Mar 2008 21:49:37 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/20352/possible-heparin-deaths-increase-recall-expands.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBaxter International has expanded its recall of heparin products as the FDA said the number of deaths possibly linked to the blood thinner rose from 4 to 21, the New York Times reports. The agency said it found "deficiencies" at a Chinese plant that supplied the active ingredient. Baxter, which...http://www.newser.com/story/20352/possible-heparin-deaths-increase-recall-expands.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 29 Feb 2008 8:07:35 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/20271/heparin-supply-chain-shaky-in-china.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith at least four US patients dead and hundreds suffering complications from the blood-thinning drug heparin, the New York Times follows the supply chain back to Chinese slaughterhouses that deal with the pig intestines that provide raw material for the drug. Though companies say the chain is secure, the Times...http://www.newser.com/story/20271/heparin-supply-chain-shaky-in-china.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 28 Feb 2008 14:07:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/19422/fda-approved-wrong-china-firm.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Chinese facility that supplied the active ingredient of the blood-thinner heparin, linked to hundreds of adverse reactions and four US deaths, was never inspected by the FDA because the agency confused it with another plant of the same name, the Washington Post reports. The company was given approval based...http://www.newser.com/story/19422/fda-approved-wrong-china-firm.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 19 Feb 2008 6:26:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/10974/new-blood-thinner-tops-plavix-in-trials.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn experimental new blood-thinner looks like real competition for top-selling anti-clotting drug Plavix, after proving more effective at preventing heart attacks, strokes, and heart-related death in a recent trial, the AP reports. But “there is a price to pay” for increased effectiveness, wrote one doctor—the new drug caused an...http://www.newser.com/story/10974/new-blood-thinner-tops-plavix-in-trials.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 05 Nov 2007 9:00:41 CST