Drug Regulator Asks 10 German Pharmas To Test Heparin Drugs
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
Germany's drug regulator wants 10 of the nation's drug makers to test all batches of their heparin blood thinner. After earlier ordering a recall of the drug and asking companies to check the Chinese source of the active pharmaceutical ingredient, the German Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices called for the additional tests. The German companies approached were not named. Rotexmedica GmbH, a German subsidiary of France's Groupe Panpharma, made the heparin recalled earlier. (Click here for more