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Heparin Recall Lawsuits
Beginning around November 2007, the FDA started receiving a large number of reports involving adverse events associated with allergic-type reactions to heparin. Subsequent investigations have uncovered that a large portion of the heparin sold in the United States around this time was contaminated with a fake ingredient. In early 2008, a nationwide Baxter [...]
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Baxter HomeChoice Dialysis Machine Recall Issued After Reported Death
The FDA has issued a Class 1 recall for several models of Baxter HomeChoice automated dialysis systems because of a defect that can cause the machines to overfill a patient’s abdominal cavity with fluid. Reports of at least one death and several serious injuries have been associated with the problems.
Baxter Heparin Recall Lawsuits Scheduled for Trials to Begin November 2010
The first product liability trial over defective batches of the blood thinner heparin, which were used throughout the United States from late 2007 to early 2008 and may have killed 81 people and sickened hundreds more, has been scheduled to begin in November 2010.
Reglan (Metoclopramide) Lawsuit Consolidation Being Considered Today
The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation is scheduled to hear oral arguments today about whether to consolidate all lawsuits involving Reglan and generic metoclopramide drugs, which have been linked to an increased risk of a serious movement disorder known as tardive dyskinesia.
Baxter Denies Recent Heparin Problems Linked to Product Quality
Following two patient deaths and serious complications experienced by a third at Beebe Medical Center in Delaware, Baxter International indicates that their investigation has found no evidence of problems with the quality of their heparin premix product that was used with all three patients.
Baxter Heparin Deaths in Delaware Renew Concerns about Blood Thinner
The FDA is investigating two recent deaths linked to the use of Baxter heparin at one hospital in Delaware, raising concerns once again about possible contamination or other manufacturing problems similar to those that caused more than 80 heparin deaths early last year.
Baxter Infusion Pump Recall: Pump Failure Could Result in Death
Baxter Colleague Infusion pumps, which are widely used at hospitals throughout the United States to deliver IV fluids and medicine, have been recalled by the FDA because the devices could delay or interrupt the infusion of fluids, potentially resulting in serious personal injury or death.
Study Confirms Heparin Reactions Caused by Contaminant
A study published this week by the New England Journal of Medicine confirms that hundreds of heparin reactions and deaths suffered earlier this year were caused by a fake chemical that was found in the blood thinner.
Federal Heparin Lawsuits Consolidated in Toledo
All of the heparin lawsuits filed in federal courts throughout the country as a result of contaminated blood thinner will be transferred to Toledo, Ohio. The cases will be consolidated for pretrial litigation as part of a Federal procedure known as a multi-district litigation, or MDL.
HydraGlide Catheter Recall: Heparin Coating Contaminated
A voluntary recall was issued this week for HydraGlide Thoracic Drainage Catheters which were coated with heparin that may be contaminated with oversulfated chondroitin sulfate. The contaminant is the same chemical that led to the nationwide Baxter heparin recall in February 2008, which resulted in half of the U.S. supply of the blood thinner [...]
FDA Urges Medical Providers to Double Check Supplies for Recalled Baxter Heparin
On May 9th, the FDA issued another statement to healthcare providers regarding the Baxter heparin recall that was issued on February 11th. Due to concerns that supplies of contaminated heparin may still be in storage, the FDA has urged surgeons, dialysis centers, hospitals and other healthcare providers to make sure that all of the [...]
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