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Lawsuit Charges Baxter Used Dangerous Ingredients In
Vaccines To Increase Profits
Questions remain over company chosen to develop swine
flu vaccine
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scandal dating from January 2008, that is continuing to unfold,
raises more disturbing questions over the safety of U.S. pharmaceutical
company Baxter International's vaccines.
Last year Baxter
recalled almost all of its injections of the blood thinning
heparin drug in the US after some patients experienced
extreme - and in some cases fatal - allergic reactions, after
being administered the products.
There were similar recalls by other manufacturers
of Chinese-sourced heparin in Denmark, Italy, France Germany
and Japan, but initial investigations found that only Baxter's
heparin vaccines were tainted.
The FDA
has accused two Chinese manufacturers of being
responsible for the production and shipment of the tainted vaccines,
suggesting that a cheaper synthetic heparin mimic, subsequently
identified as over-sulfated chondroitin sulfate (OSCS), was
used to decrease costs.
However, in January 2009 a new lawsuit was filed
specifically against Baxter for it's role in the scandal.
The allegation is that the pharmaceutical giant
purposefully altered an ingredient in heparin that flowed through
heparin syringes to patients, resulting in pain and suffering,
and sometimes death, to those affected, reported legal website
Lawyers
and Settlements
Somewhat ironically, the natural ingredient in
heparin that was substituted in order to cut costs was a substance
extracted from cooked swine intestines.
The lawsuit notes that OSCS is not found in nature,
and is not approved in the United States. It accuses Baxter
of using a more dangerous ingredient to "reap greater profits
as a result of utilizing cheap component parts."
(Article continues below)
As we reported earlier this week, Baxter
has been chosen by the WHO to head up efforts to
produce a vaccine for the Mexican swine flu that is spreading
throughout the U.S. and Europe.
The decision was made despite further revelations
last month that vaccines contaminated with deadly
live H5N1 avian flu virus were recently distributed to 18 countries
by a lab at an Austrian branch of Baxter.
Initially, the company attempted to stonewall questions by
invoking “trade secrets” and refused to reveal how
the vaccines were contaminated with H5N1. After increased pressure
they then claimed that pure H5N1 batches were sent by accident.
However, as we have highlighted, the probability of mixing
a live virus biological weapon with vaccine material by accident
is
virtually impossible.
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