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• Unsolved Heparin Contamination Subject of Congressional Investigation

  July 6, 2011

  Staff Writers

  U.S. lawmakers are requesting a host of documents from a number of pharmaceutical companies in an attempt to track down...

• Heparin Recall Lawsuit Ends in $625K Award in First of Hundreds of Claims

  June 13, 2011

  Staff Writers

  The family of an Illinois man was awarded $625,000 by a Cook County jury in the first of hundreds of...

• Partial Summary Judgment Granted in Baxter Heparin Lawsuit

  November 19, 2010

  Staff Writers

  An Illinois judge has determined that the contaminated heparin imported into the United States by Baxter International, Inc. in late...

• Misleading Drug Advertising a Chronic Problem for Baxter: FDA Warns

  September 1, 2010

  Staff Writers

  Federal regulators are warning Baxter Healthcare that it is overstating the benefits of Aralast, an emphysema drug, and say they...

• FDA Issues Baxter Infusion Pump Recall Requirements

  July 14, 2010

  Staff Writers

  The FDA has laid out requirements for the recall of Colleague Volumetric Infusion pumps by Baxter Healthcare Corp., instructing the...

• Las Vegas Hepatitis Lawsuit Results in $500M Verdict

  May 10, 2010

  Staff Writers

  In what is believed to be the largest punitive damages award in Nevada history, a jury last week ordered two...

• FDA Failed to Follow Credible Leads Involving Contaminated Heparin: Report

  May 10, 2010

  Staff Writers

  Two U.S. lawmakers say that FDA investigators failed to properly follow up on the source of contaminated heparin that caused...

• Baxter Colleague Infusion Pump Recall Ordered by FDA

  May 4, 2010

  Staff Writers

  Baxter Healthcare Corp. is being forced to recall 200,000 Colleague Volumetric Infusion pumps due to what federal safety reviewers say...

• Heparin Overdose Kills 2-Year Old Transplant Survivor

  April 7, 2010

  Staff Writers

  A two-year-old girl appears to have died of a heparin overdose in an Omaha hospital after being admitted to treat...

• Baxter HomeChoice Dialysis Machine Recall Issued After Reported Death

  March 4, 2010

  Staff Writers

  The FDA has issued a Class 1 recall for several models of Baxter HomeChoice automated dialysis systems because of a...