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October 10, 2008

Three Ticking Clocks

Bayer Halts Trasylol Sales

With journal editors in charge of drug safety, the political system has failed the industry and the public. 

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Three Ticking Clocks

Bayer Halts Trasylol Sales

November 07, 2007

By Mark Uehling

In another significant win for medical journal editors in their new role as regulators, Bayer suspended sales of anti-clotting drug Trasylol (aprotinin), which had been implicated in kidney failure, cardiovascular problems and mortality risk. The drug had approximately $135 million…

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