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Heparin lesson: Know your supply chain
Over the last couple of days, there have been charges and counter charges as to the source(s) of heparin contamination. As evidence emerges, Baxter thinks it originated early in the process, among the small, nameless and unregulated shops in China that process pig intestines to gather the raw material.
Chinese officials are dubious and suggest that it actually happened here. They want to send officials to inspect U.S. plants in hopes of proving their point, or at least trying to offer reasonable doubt. The best defense is a good offense and all that. (As a purely political aside, that kind of action gives one little hope to think that China will respond to problems in Tibet by broadening freedoms rather than clamping down, Olympics or not.)
The lesson to be gleaned from this is to know your supply chain. If you can't trace where your feedstocks are coming from, don't be surprised if you end up with things you weren't expecting.
Heparin lesson: Know your supply chain
April 22, 2008
Over the last couple of days, there have been charges and counter charges as to the source(s) of heparin contamination. As evidence emerges, Baxter thinks it originated early in the process, among the small, nameless and unregulated shops in China that process pig intestines to gather the raw material.Chinese officials are dubious and suggest that it actually happened here. They want to send officials to inspect U.S. plants in hopes of proving their point, or at least trying to offer reasonable doubt. The best defense is a good offense and all that. (As a purely political aside, that kind of action gives one little hope to think that China will respond to problems in Tibet by broadening freedoms rather than clamping down, Olympics or not.)
The lesson to be gleaned from this is to know your supply chain. If you can't trace where your feedstocks are coming from, don't be surprised if you end up with things you weren't expecting.
Posted by Peter Welander on April 22, 2008 | Comments (0)
Industries: Process Control
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