IN LIGHT OF HEPARIN CONTAMINATION, KENNEDY URGES FDA, INDUSTRY TO INVESTIGATE FOREIGN-SOURCED DRUG INGREDIENTS

The following press release was published by the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on March 18, 2008. It is reproduced in full below.

WASHINGTON, DC- Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the Health,

Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, sent the following letters to the FDA and four

industry groups urging an investigation into the sourcing of ingredients used in drugs.

The text of the letters are below.

Source: Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions