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World Standards Day: Recognizing How Standards Enable a Strong Medicines Supply Chain

Quality Matters

In 2007 and 2008, nearly 150 patients died and hundreds more suffered serious adverse reactions after they were treated with heparin, a commonly used blood-thinning drug. Heparin is made from pig intestines, which at that time in China were subject to sharp price increases due to widespread pig deaths from “blue ear disease.”

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Common Hashimoto’s Patterns Seen in the GI-MAP Test

The Thyroid Pharmacist

A new test is being developed for MAP detection in support of a vaccine for Crohn’s disease; it has been in clinical trials, and looks very promising. Researchers found they could suppress the autoimmune response if using a vaccine or antibiotic that specifically eradicates E. doi:10.1055/s-2008-1063667. [69] gallinarum. [55]