List of medicine contamination incidents

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In medicinal chemistry, the term "contamination" is used to describe harmful intrusions, such as the presence of toxins or pathogens in pharmaceutical drugs. [1]

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The following list encompasses notable medicine contamination and adulteration incidents.

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References

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  2. "Medicine: Post-Mortem". Time magazine . December 20, 1937. Archived from the original on April 3, 2009. Retrieved July 19, 2009. Then, two months ago, fatality knocked at its door. A new mixture of a new drug (sulfanilamide) with a new solvent (diethylene glycol), which Dr. Massengill's salesmen sold as Elixir Sulfanilamide-Massengill, was discovered to be killing its users
  3. "Wallace Reveals How Federal Agents Traced Elixir to Halt Fatalities". New York Times . November 26, 1937. Archived from the original on October 26, 2020. Retrieved July 20, 2009. A graphic story of a race against death from "elixir sulfanilamide," carried on by the Food and Drug Administration in fifteen States from Virginia to California, a race not won until ninety-three persons had died after taking the lethal dose, was told by Secretary Wallace today in a report responding to Senate and House resolutions.
  4. Gompertz, John and Michael, Paul. "Nose Drop Contamination In Dropper Bottles" Archived 2020-09-19 at the Wayback Machine , JAMA (April 11, 1942).
  5. Rachael Bell. "The Tylenol Terrorist". TruTV Crime Library. Archived from the original on July 5, 2008. Retrieved July 20, 2009.
  6. Bogdanich, W.; McLean, R. "Poisoned Toothpaste in Panama Is Believed to Be From China", New York Times, May 19, 2007.
  7. "China investigating toothpaste containing potentially deadly chemical". International Herald Tribune. May 22, 2007. Archived from the original on March 8, 2009. Retrieved May 22, 2007.
  8. "U.S. checking all toothpaste imports from China". CNN. May 23, 2007. Archived from the original on May 26, 2007. Retrieved May 23, 2007.
  9. China sentencia a muerte al exjefe de control de fármacos. (China sentences to death former drug control chief) La Nación, pp. 1 & 4. (May 30th 2007)
  10. US 'Self-contradictory' over Toothpaste Scandal Archived 2009-03-06 at the Wayback Machine , Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Negara Brunel Darussalam
  11. An Epidemiological Study on the Health Effects of Population Using the Toothpaste with Diethylene Glycol Archived 2008-06-13 at the Wayback Machine , Journal of Labour Medicine (China), vol.17, p 168-170, (2000)
  12. "7online.com: Toothpaste recall expands 6/18/07". Archived from the original on July 6, 2007. Retrieved July 20, 2009.
  13. "Toothpaste labeled Colgate recalled - More health news - nbcnews.com". NBC News . Archived from the original on April 11, 2018. Retrieved November 26, 2021.
  14. "Toxin found in fake UK toothpaste". BBC News. July 12, 2007. Archived from the original on January 15, 2009. Retrieved May 8, 2010.
  15. Walt Bogdanich (May 6, 2007). "From China to Panama, a Trail of Poisoned Medicine". New York Times . Archived from the original on March 16, 2021. Retrieved March 20, 2008. The syrupy poison, diethylene glycol, is an indispensable part of the modern world, an industrial solvent and prime ingredient in some antifreeze.
  16. Walt Bogdanich (March 20, 2008). "Heparin Find May Point to Chinese Counterfeiting". New York Times . Archived from the original on November 26, 2020. Retrieved March 20, 2008. Federal drug regulators, in announcing Wednesday that the mystery contaminant in heparin was an inexpensive, unapproved ingredient altered to mimic the real thing, moved closer to concluding that Americans might be the latest victims of lethal Chinese drug counterfeiting.
  17. Harris Gardiner (April 22, 2008). "U.S. Identifies Tainted Heparin in 11 Countries". New York Times . Archived from the original on December 11, 2008. Retrieved June 11, 2008. A contaminated blood thinner from China has been found in drug supplies in 11 countries, and federal officials said Monday they had discovered a clear link between the contaminant and severe reactions now associated with 81 deaths in the United States.
  18. News.yahoo.com Nigeria child deaths from tainted syrup rise to 84
  19. "Contaminated medical marijuana believed to have killed cancer patient" Archived 2020-04-07 at the Wayback Machine , CBS News (February 7, 2017).
  20. "Valsartan: what caused the contamination? - ECA Academy". Archived from the original on August 8, 2020. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
  21. Lowe, Derek (January 4, 2019). "The Sartan Contamination Story". In the Pipeline. Archived from the original on April 8, 2020. Retrieved April 17, 2020.