FDA Approved Wrong China Firm

[SistahSpeak]

See a trend yet? And these are the mistakes we KNOW about....

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NEWSER

Posted Feb 19, 08 6:26 AM CST

The Chinese facility that supplied the active ingredient of the blood-thinner heparin, linked to hundreds of adverse reactions and four US deaths, was never inspected by the FDA because the agency confused it with another plant of the same name, the Washington Post reports. The company was given approval based on an earlier FDA inspection of the other factory. "The wrong firm was put into the database," said the FDA's deputy director. • An FDA team is headed to China now to inspect the right plant to determine what may have caused serious problems with the blood thinner. One of heparin's two manufacturers stopped selling it earlier this month, and the FDA yesterday advised physicians to prescribe alternatives. The FDA's commissioner has recommended inspectors be permanently based in China to address mounting concerns about the safety of Chinese products.

[s8loud]

This makes me wonder why we have to pay so much for healthcare in america. Shouldn't we get what we pay for?

[JABOOM]

China is getting over on the cheap, conservative, money hungry ,capitalist, racist, and down right confusingly stupid at how badly the people have lost the strength of the power of numbers, nation that is Amerikkka.

But they don't want to pay taxes to save lives but they are ready to make you spend you life paying taxes for weapons to take lives.
China is just getting a piece of the stupid throw away dollars.......

[DBlack]

Once again, this is a by product of increased deregulation by our government. Conservatives look at regulation as an obstacle against ultimate profitability and will continue to underfund any regulatory programs that are not military based.

[whistler]

honestly i think this is frustrating and intriguing at the same time. i think this is one of the issues the new president will have to work on. really.