Scientists are reporting refinement of a new test that promises to help assure the safety of supplies of heparin, the blood thinner taken by millions of people worldwide each year to prevent blood ...

A 43-year-old woman had applied a gel (Lioton gel, Sanofi-Synthelabo S.P.A., Milan, Italy) containing sodium heparin (61.760 daltons) 100,000 IU twice daily on her left forearm because of a hematoma ...

The FDA, of course, is sensitive to heparin production. It has been soundly and repeatedly criticized for its oversight of global production of the injectable anticoagulant after the scandal in 2008 ...

ROCKVILLE, Md., April 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The United States Pharmacopeial (USP) Convention announces that it is working with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to develop more sensitive methods for ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. health regulators said on Friday they have ordered the detention of all imported supplies of heparin blood-thinner products so they can be tested for possible contamination ...

THOROFARE, N.J., Nov. 4, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Akers Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKER) (AIM:AKR.L), ("Akers Bio" or the "Company"), a medical device company focused on reducing the cost of healthcare ...

LANSING, Mich., Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Afid Therapeutics, Inc. announced today that it had completed successful in vitro and in vivo (whole animal) demonstrations of the efficacy of its new ...

Akers to supply its screening test for allergic reaction to blood thinner Heparin. Akers Biosciences Inc. said Wednesday it has received an initial purchase order, valued at $1 million, for its rapid ...

Overview: Heparin is a blood thinner that is used to prevent or treat blood clots. It may be injected under the skin or into a blood vessel. The most common side effects are irritation at the ...

NASHVILLE -- Pregnant patients taking heparin and/or aspirin at the time of their cell-free DNA screening seemed to have a significantly higher likelihood of "no-call," or uninterpretable test results ...

Germany's medical regulator has asked companies selling the blood thinner heparin in Germany to test all batches of their product for contamination, the regulator said. The Federal Institute for Drugs ...