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Lawsuit filed in heparin allergic reaction death

April 29, 2008
A wrongful death lawsuit filed this week alleges that a Philadelphia man died as a result of an allergic reaction to a contaminated dose of the blood thinner heparin. The lawsuit alleges that the manufacturer of the medication, Covidien Inc., waited for weeks after other manufacturers had issued heparin recalls before pulling their product off the market.
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Families of heparin recall victims testify before Congress

April 29, 2008
A congressional subcommittee heard testimony on Tuesday from the relatives of victims who died after suffering severe allergic reactions to contaminated doses of the blood-thinning drug heparin. Many of these individuals struggled to contain their emotions as they described their loves ones and how they died after suffering a severe allergic reaction to heparin.
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FDA triples heparin deaths estimate

April 09, 2008
The Food and Drug Administration has announced that it has tripled the number of deaths the agency has linked to heparin allergic reactions. Baxter International, the manufacturer of about half of the heparin sold in the U.S., was forced to issue a heparin recall earlier this year after the blood-thinning drug was linked to an outbreak of allergic-like reactions.
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Officials in France, Italy and Denmark issue heparin recalls

March 25, 2008
Health authorities in France, Italy and Denmark have issued heparin recalls over concerns about potential contamination of the blood thinning drug. The move increases the total number of European countries that have issued heparin recalls to five; authorities in Germany and Switzerland pulled supplies of the drug from the market earlier this month after 80 dialysis patients were reported to have become sickened.
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Heparin recall issued by second U.S. company

March 21, 2008
A second U.S. company has issued a heparin recall over concerns that the drug could cause serious and potentially fatal allergic reactions due to contamination. B. Braun Medical says that it is issuing the heparin recall as a precautionary measure, and that no incidents of adverse reactions have been reported among patients using the company’s product.
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