China Blasts Shoddy U.S. Probe Into Heparin

Of course its never the suppliers fault especially when its a Chinese supplier !
another case of Big Bad America picking on the Chinese?
It kind of makes me sick .... but not sick enough to take meds made in china!
CHECK YOUR SCIPTS!!!!!
the china news.net

By ANITA CHANG Associated Press Writer
BEIJING May 7, 2008 (AP)
China's drug safety agency accused the United States on Tuesday of blocking Beijing's inquiry into a blood thinner linked to 81 deaths by refusing to provide details on victims and specifics about production.

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Two Chinese experts who attended a conference on the drug, heparin, in suburban Washington, D.C., last month said the U.S. determined a contaminant was likely to blame without considering other possible factors.

"We need to resolve this in a scientific matter, not just by blaming a contaminant," said Jin Shaohong, a member of the drug evaluation committee of China's Food and Drug Administration. "I think it is too early to say that."

Besides the deaths, hundreds of patients have suffered severe allergic reactions to large doses of heparin, which is used in dialysis and other treatments.