The tragic and fatal events surrounding Baxter’s contaminated Heparin garnered media attention world-wide. We have compiled a partial list of these media report; you may access any of them by clicking on the links below for a printer-friendly version.
Heparin in the News
Toledo Blade: Toledoans Tell Congress of Tainted-Heparin Grief
USA Today: Families of Contaminated Heparin Victims Tell Stories of Deaths
ABC News: What Went Wrong With Heparin?
New York Times: Heparin Contamination May Have Been Deliberate, F.D.A. Says
CNN: Heparin patients’ suffering recounted
Toledo Blade: Heparin case awakens feelings of anger, fear
Toledo Blade Article: “Widower Sues Drug Company Over Heparin His Wife Used”
Reuters: Families tell lawmakers of heparin deaths
Bloomberg: Baxter’s Heparin Killed Mother and Son, Family Says
Bloomberg: Baxter, Supplier Say Heparin Taint Was Deliberate
Time Magazine: Heparin’s Deadly Side Effects
Additional Resources
Baxter Press Release on Recall
Scientific Protein Laboratories (SPL) Website
U.S. House Commerce Committee on Energy and Commerce Heparin Hearings:
FDA’s Foreign Drug Inspection Program: Weaknesses Place Americans at Risk
The Heparin Disaster: Chinese Counterfeits and American Failures.” (4/29/08)
Heparin Articles
U.S National Library of Medicine on Heparin