Illinois Man Sues Baxter Healthcare Over Pharmacetuical Drug
The pharmaceutical company Baxter Healthcare, Inc. is facing suit in a personal injury claim over the drug Heparin in Illinois. A patient allegedly suffered a "near-fatal adverse reaction" to the drug and is seeking compensation for pain and medical bills. The plaintiff further seeks punitive damages, typically a larger award the court may grant when trying to punish the company and deter similar circumstances from arising in the future.
Baxter recalled doses of Heparin earlier this year after finding some of the multi-dose products caused harmful reactions. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) decided to further investigate the drug and found an ingredient in the drug was contaminated. The FDA found chemical alterations due to the contamination could cause adverse effects.
The FDA regularly updates important drug information and primarily makes sure to communicate information about all drugs that have the potential to alter the risk/benefit analysis, meaning that the drug could potentially be more harmful than helpful.
The drug safety issues the FDA makes a priority to publicly address include:
1. serious adverse drug experiences identified after a drug has been approved;
2. additional serious or frequent adverse drug experiences in a subgroup of patients; and
3. medication errors.
The factors the FDA uses to evaluate drug safety and public communication are:
1. reliability of the data;
2. magnitude of the risk;
3. seriousness of the event relative to the disease being treated;
4. plausibility of a causal relationship between the use of a drug and the adverse event;
5. extent of patient exposure;
6. potential to prevent or mitigate the risk in the patient population;
7. effect on clinical practice; and
8. disproportionate impact on particular populations.
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