U.S. probes Chinese factory’s ties to heparin ills

Perhaps a Chinese connection to the heparin issues at Baxter? Hope the FDA gets the technology updates they need to stay on top of all this as well and gets their "business intelligence" in order just as the DEA is doing with their new contracts......and I hope that leads to better e-prescribing too so the physicians can finally do the part 4 substances electronically...big part of the problem with physicians delaying the process...BD

WASHINGTON - Government health officials are investigating if a Chinese factory may be a source of problems with a Baxter International blood thinner linked to hundreds of reports of allergic reactions and four deaths.
Baxter buys the active ingredient for the drug heparin from a supplier that manufactures it both at the Chinese factory and a facility in the U.S., Baxter spokeswoman Erin Gardiner said.
Baxter inspected both facilities last year and found no quality issues, Gardiner said. However, the company plans to reinspect the facilities "very soon" as part of its own investigation, she said. FDA spokeswoman Karen Riley refused to confirm a report by The Wall Street Journal that the agency had never before inspected the Chinese facility, a longtime producer of the heparin ingredient.