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FDA Was Right About Contaminant in Tainted Heparin; Researchers have confirmed that oversulfated chondroitin sulfate was the adulterant.(Food and Drug Administration)
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April 23, 2008
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Byline: January W. Payne
Researchers said they have confirmed (http://www.reuters.com/article/governmentFilingsNews/idUSN2345672220080423?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0) the Food and Drug Administration's (http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug/infopage/heparin/default.htm) suspicion that the contaminant found in the blood thinner heparin was oversulfated chondroitin sulfate, which is a derivative of a popular supplement used to relieve arthritis. It can resemble the active ingredient in heparin but is cheaper, making investigators think that it may have been deliberately substituted, Reuters reports. The independent researchers, led by Ram Sasisekharan of the Massachusetts ...
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