Baxter Heparin Sodium Manufacturing Recall
Heparin is a widely used anticoagulant that has many applications including keeping blood thin for dialysis procedures. Baxter International, one of the country?s largest suppliers of the drug, has recalled nearly all of its Heparin products. This recall came in the wake of reports of severe adverse reactions in patients who received Heparin injections. Twenty-one deaths have been identified as potentially linked to Heparin injections.
Manufacturing Oversight
All of the drugs that have been reported to create complications have been linked to lots that were manufactured in a pharmaceutical plant in China owned by Scientific Protein Laboratories, one of Baxter?s primary suppliers. Only after the reports of negative reactions to the drug did the FDA send a team of inspectors to the plant. Their investigation uncovered lax hygiene and safety standards. Additionally, the FDA noted that testing procedures were inadequate and poorly documented. The largest problem found was an inability to trace the origin of the raw materials, which in the case of Heparin come from the mucous linings of pigs? intestines.
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Baxter's Response
Officials within Baxter claimed to be surprised that the manufacturing facilities in China were not subject to regulatory review, and said that it was not uncommon for them to have limited information about the facilities of their suppliers. They issued the recall "as a precautionary measure due to a higher than usual number of reports of adverse patient reactions involving the product" and have since suspended production of the drugs. The recall affects heparin sodium multi-dose and single dose vials, as well as HEP-LOCK heparin flush products, and affected the following lots: 107054, 117085, 047056, 097081, 107024, 107064, 107066, 107074, 107111.
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