Media Reports and Related News Articles and Links

News 11 Special Report: What Killed My Family?

Federal Drug Administration (FDA) Information:

http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug/infopage/heparin/default.htm#AE 

FDA 2008 Media Transcripts:

http://www.fda.gov/bbs/transcripts/default.htm#heparin 

Baxter News Releases:

http://www.baxter.com/products/biopharmaceuticals/heparin.html

SPL Website:

http://www.spl-pharma.com/

U.S. House Commerce Committee on Energy and Commerce Heparin Hearings:

“FDA’s Foreign Drug Inspection Program: Weaknesses Place Americans at Risk” (4/22/08) 
http://energycommerce.house.gov/cmte_mtgs/110-oi-hrg.042908.Heparin.shtml 

“The Heparin Disaster: Chinese Counterfeits and American Failures.” (4/29/08) (http://energycommerce.house.gov/membios/schedule.shtml)

Media Coverage:

“LOCAL FAMILY STILL SEEKS ANSWERS IN LOVED ONES' DEATHS; DRUG COMPANY CITED IN LAWSUIT.”
http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080224/NEWS32/802240340  

“WIDOWER SUES DRUG COMPANY OVER HEPARIN HIS WIFE USED.”
http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080215/NEWS02/802150385  

ABC News: “WHAT WENT WRONG WITH HEPARIN?”
Full Story

Toledoans Tell Congress of Tainted-Heparin Grief”
http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080430/NEWS32/905243642 

Washington Post: Families of Contaminated Heparin Victims Tell Stories of Deaths
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/29/AR2008042901502.html 

New York Times: Heparin Contamination May Have Been Deliberate, F.D.A. Says
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/30/health/policy/30heparin.html?em&ex=1209700800&en=2c7f1b380ee3057e&ei=5087%0A 

CNN: Heparin patients' suffering recounted
http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/04/29/heparin.hearing/#cnnSTCText 

Toledo Blade: Heparin case awakens feelings of anger, fear
http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080418/NEWS32/804180378 

WTOL-Toledoans: Heparin killed our loved ones
http://www.wtol.com/Global/story.asp?s=8245454 

WTOL: What Killed My Family?
http://www.wtol.com/global... fo&LaunchPageAdTag=homepage&clipFormat=flv&rnd=48236493 

MSNBC: Families tell lawmakers of heparin death
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24371603/ 

MSNBC: Heparin Hearing Photos
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24372460/displaymode/1176/rstry/24371603/ 

Bloomberg: Baxter's Heparin Killed Mother and Son, Family Says
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601124&sid=aWm7o9iSF_DQ&refer=home 

Bloomberg: Baxter, Supplier Say Heparin Taint Was Deliberate
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aEQb9XSc.6ZE 

Newsday: Families of contaminated heparin victims tell stories of deaths
http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/sns-ap-heparin,0,6200814.story 

Yahoo News: Blood thinner linked to allergies, deaths
http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Blood-th...dca5d91a87b661cc6bdab2155aaee3e 

Sacbee: Families of contaminated heparin victims tell stories of deaths
http://www.sacbee.com/830/story/898973.html 

Misc. Heparin Articles:

http://www.spl-pharma.com/ 
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/medmaster/a682826.html 
http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic/heparin_ids.htm 
http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic/heparin_ids.htm 

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