heparin

Rensselaer heparin expert helps uncover source of lethal contamination

harminka — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:48:14 -0500

The mysterious death of patients around the world following a routine dosage of the common blood thinner, heparin, sent researchers on a frantic search to uncover what could make the standard drug so toxic. A researcher at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute was among a small group of scientists with the expertise and the high-tech equipment necessary to determine the source of the contamination.

MIT-led teams unravel heparin death mystery

harminka — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:15:49 -0500

An international team of researchers led by MIT has explained how contaminated batches of the blood-thinner heparin were able to slip past traditional safety screens and kill dozens of patients recently in the United States and Germany.

FDA arrests heparin supplies and orders testing

seher — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 10:11:37 -0500

The Food and Drug Administration issued Friday and order to arrest all heparin products manufactured for import.

Damaged veins heal faster with heparin treatment

harminka — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:38:36 -0500

A commonly used medication that prevents blood clots from forming may also prevent existing clots from damaging delicate vein walls — and may accelerate healing in a clot-damaged area of vein wall, according to new research from the University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center.

Heparin Recall Case Prompts More Investigation In China

admin_huliq — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 06:52:25 -0600

China State Food and Drug Administration is investigating the case of recalled Baxter's heparin and checking pharmaceutical ingredients used in the drug.

FDA inspects wrong heparin facility

seher — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 09:34:22 -0600

A mere mistake in records may lead to unexpected things. For example, the Food and Drug Administration's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research mistakenly cleared the heparin facility belonging to another company with a similar name.

Baxter Healthcare stops producing multidose vials of heparin

seher — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:16:01 -0600

Baxter Healthcare Corp. has to stop producing multidose vials of heparin. The medication causes severe allergic-type reactions in some patients.

Researchers create new synthetic heparin

harminka — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 05:58:27 -0500

Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have patented a synthetic version of the drug heparin, called Recomparin, that is less complex chemically and should be easier to produce than previous forms.