Britain exported potentially dangerous blood products
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The United Kingdom has exported to &quot;at least 11 countries&quot; blood products at risk of contamination with the prion responsible for variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD), the human form of mad cow disease, The Times reports.
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BRITAIN has exported thousands of blood products potentially infected with variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD), the human form of mad cow disease, to 11 countries.
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&quot;The Diamorphine Injection availabilty situation in the UK has become critical because of the disruption of supplies from the major supplier, who accounted for approximately 70% of the supplies in UK.
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The prescription bottle may say &quot;Made in England,&quot; but the Food and Drug Administration worries that Illinois&#39; plan to help residents buy drugs from the United Kingdom may also allow counterfeit drugs from other countries.
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More than 460 people in Northern Ireland are being warned that they could have been exposed to vCJD through blood plasma products.
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London (IANS) A reported ban by India on the export of human skeletons may soon deprive medical students in Britain of the bony structure for detailed study.
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An ingredient in a blood thinner linked to four deaths was made at an uncertified plant in China that was not inspected.
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NEW YORK -- After a drug ingredient from China killed dozens of Haitian children a decade ago, a senior American health official sent a cable to her investigators: Find out who made the poisonous ingredient and why a state-owned company in China exported it as safe, pharmaceutical-grade glycerin.
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Counterfeit batches of Sanofi-Aventis SA's best-selling blood-thinning drug Plavix have been discovered in the British supply chain, the country's drugs regulator said.
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A public inquiry is to be held into why contaminated blood products were given in the 70s and 80s.
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Mexican cantaloupe irrigated with water from sewage-tainted rivers. Candy laced with lead. Chinese toothpaste is not the only concern for U.S. consumers wary of the health risks posed by imported goods.
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Doubts are being expressed here that outsourcing medical transcription work to India may put British lives at risk due to potential mistakes in interpretation.
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London, Aug 19 (UNI) British companies are outsourcing medical notes to India to save money and speed up work at the British Health Service, media reports said but warned it could lead to fatal consequences.
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THOUSANDS of people, including 120 in Scotland, have been warned they may have been exposed to variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease through contaminated blood products.
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Thousands of people were told yesterday that they might have been infected with the human form of bovine spongiform encephalopathy through contaminated blood plasma products.
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Blood donation restrictions were tightened today after warnings in Britain that vCJD can be transmitted through transfusions. Anyone who lived in Britain for more than one year between 1980 and 1996 will not be able to give blood from November.
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The Indian government is investigating reports that blood samples that could be contaminated with the human form of mad cow disease had entered the country from Britain, a top official said on Tuesday.