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HHS [US Health & Human Services] Head Insists Chinese Heparin is Safe
Heparin imported from China is now safe - at least that is what [US] Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt is claiming. Heparin sourced from China has been linked to at least 81 deaths, and investigators believe that a contaminant that somehow made its way into the Chinese supply chain is responsible for the deaths and reactions linked to the drug. [refers to Baxter International]