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Baxter, Supplier Say Heparin Taint Was Deliberate

Baxter International Inc. said its blood thinner heparin, linked to 81 deaths, appears to have been deliberately contaminated.

The drug's main ingredient was contaminated before reaching the Chinese factory of Baxter's supplier, Scientific Protein Laboratories, executives of both companies testified at a U.S. House hearing today. The Food and Drug Administration suspects the contamination was deliberate, though there isn't proof, according to the agency.

Baxter recalled heparin, used to prevent blood clots, in January of this year after reports of harmful side effects. Since January 2007, 81 people have died after allergic reactions, the FDA said on April 21. Tainted heparin made by other drugmakers has been found in more than a dozen countries since Baxter's recall, and regulators have said they don't know how it was introduced.

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