Another company, Covidien Ltd., has recalled a heparin product. Covidien announced a recall of its prefilled syringes containing heparin on Friday, after the company said it was informed by its supplier, Scientific Protein Laboratories, that two lots of Heparin Sodium USP active pharmaceutical ingredient it received might contaminated with the same chemical recently found in heparin recalled by Baxter Healthcare over the past few months. Scientific Protein Laboratories also supplied a contaminated ingredients to Baxter for its heparin, which has been linked to more than 700 serious reactions and possibly 19 deaths among patient in the US.

