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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth

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To: Land Shark who wrote (114238)2/6/2008 8:29:18 AM
From: jim-thompson  Read Replies (1) of 173976
 
canadian drug company producing tainted pills and just blew it off.......? really sad!

By MICHAEL MELIA


(AP) A sign marks the entrance to the factory operated by the pharmaceutical corporation GlaxoSmithKline...
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - The first warning sign came when a sharp-eyed worker sorting pills noticed that the odd blue flecks dotting the finished drug capsules matched the paint on the factory doors.

After the flecks were spotted again on the capsules, a blood-pressure medication called Diltiazem, the plant began placing covers over drugs in carts in its manufacturing areas.

But the factory owner, Canadian drug maker Biovail Corp. (BVF), never tried to find out whether past shipments of the drug were contaminated - or prevent future contamination, according to U.S. regulators.
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