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Jan
30
RU-486 Manufacturer Linked To Contaminated Drugs
Filed Under FDA, RU-486, Shanghai Hualian, health, health care, mifepristone | 2 Comments
The New York Times is reporting that the Chinese maker of all RU-486 abortion pills distributed in the United States — Shanghai Hualian — is mired in a tainted leukemia drug scandal involving 200 injured cancer patients.
Chinese drug regulators have accused the manufacturer of the tainted drugs of a cover-up and have closed the factory that produced them. In December, China’s Food and Drug Administration said that the Shanghai police had begun a criminal investigation and that two officials, including the head of the plant, had been detained.
The drug maker, Shanghai Hualian, is the sole supplier to the United States of the abortion pill, mifepristone, known as RU-486. It is made at a factory different from the one that produced the tainted cancer drugs, about an hour’s drive away.
The United States Food and Drug Administration declined to answer questions about Shanghai Hualian, because of security concerns stemming from the sometimes violent opposition to abortion. But in a statement, the agency said the RU-486 plant had passed an F.D.A. inspection in May. “F.D.A. is not aware of any evidence to suggest the issue that occurred at the leukemia drug facility is linked in any way with the facility that manufactures the mifepristone,” the statement said.
Expect websites to pop up soon asking if people have been injured by RU-486 aka mifepristone when the trial attorneys get back from the American Association for Justice’s 2008 winter convention in sunny San Juan.
Jan
30
Jimmy Carter Loves Barack Obama
Filed Under Barack Obama, Democratic Party, Election 2008, Jimmy Carter | Leave a Comment
Former President Jimmy Carter isn’t formally endorsing anyone to be the Democratic nominee in this year’s presidential campaign, but Carter does sound like he really likes Barack Obama. (H/T to DripperUnderground).
Jimmy Carter says he’s not formally endorsing any candidate, but in an interview with the Wall Street Journal, the former president lavished praise on Barack Obama, calling his campaign “extraordinary”
“Obama’s campaign has been extraordinary and titillating for me and my family,” Carter told the newspaper in an interview published in its Wednesday edition. According to the paper, Carter was particularly praiseworthy of the Illinois senator’s rhetorical skills, comparing them to those of Martin Luther King, Jr.
