Trigger in Heparin Deaths Identified - Medgadget - www.medgadget.com

Trigger in Heparin Deaths Identified - Medgadget - www.medgadget.com: "An international group of investigators identified oversulphated chondroitin sulphate, a contaminant found in vials of heparin from China linked to a recent series of deaths, as a triggering agent." [megGadget]

FDA thinks it has trigger in heparin deaths - CNN.com

FDA thinks it has trigger in heparin deaths - CNN.com: "The Food and Drug Administration has 'now established a mechanism by which we think this contaminant could cause these adverse events,' said Dr. Janet Woodcock, director of the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research." [CNN]