Heparin recalled in part of Europe
From Times Wire Services
French, Danish and Italian authorities began recalling batches of heparin or its active ingredient that may be contaminated, becoming the latest countries to remove from shelves a blood thinner associated with at least 19 deaths.
“It’s a precautionary measure right now,” Martin Harvey-Allchurch, a spokesman for the European Medicines Agency, said. The suspect ingredients were reportedly from China, he said.
There have been no reports of related fatalities in Denmark or Italy, he said.
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