Comments on: Heparin scandal reporting ignores corruption http://www.bloggernews.net/114738 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 01:44:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Chris Oldenhof http://www.bloggernews.net/114738#comment-286545 Chris Oldenhof Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:26:32 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/114738#comment-286545 Nancy you are so absolutely 100% right with what you are saying here. I hope you are forwarding your conclusions also to Messrs. Stupak and Dingell! But I do think they probably understand this already. It will be worth while to watch the webcast of the hearing in the Congress on coming Tuesday the 15th. Please note that, seen in a broader perspective, executing large numbers of on site inspections - and yes, including a strong focus on possible fraud and counterfeiting plus including a Chinese speaking inspector) - do have a strong deterrent effect. But in this case inspections would most probably not have prevented this heparin catastrophe of which the total health impact worldwide will only become clear step by step, if at all. Nancy you are so absolutely 100% right with what you are saying here.
I hope you are forwarding your conclusions also to Messrs. Stupak and Dingell! But I do think they probably understand this already.
It will be worth while to watch the webcast of the hearing in the Congress on coming Tuesday the 15th.

Please note that, seen in a broader perspective, executing large numbers of on site inspections - and yes, including a strong focus on possible fraud and counterfeiting plus including a Chinese speaking inspector) - do have a strong deterrent effect. But in this case inspections would most probably not have prevented this heparin catastrophe of which the total health impact worldwide will only become clear step by step, if at all.

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