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Cubist Finds Its Antibiotic Cubicin Is Tainted

Source: online.wsj.com
April 14, 2008
Cubicin not tainted but delivery device.
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
            ReadyMED® is a infusion device used primarily in outpatient settings for administering antiobiotics in the home.  ReadyMED® requires little patient or caregiver training and works by gravity.  No IV poles or pumps required and is safe and easy to use.  I think once Cardinal – Alaris medical systems isolates...
Eric GruffApril 14, 2008
Cubist's Antibiotic Cubicin is Tainted: A Mess Not of Their Doing? Maybe, Maybe Not.
Author: Eric Gruff, PhD MBA, Principal, E4 Consulting
The news that Cubist's Cubicin has been contaminated with 2-mercaptobenzothiazole (MBT) has caused great concern for patients. It appears that the MBT has leeched out of the Cardinal Health ReadyMED drug pumps that are used for delivering Cubicin. Regardless of who is at fault, everyone involved (Cubist, Cardinal, the FDA, doctors, and patients) have good reason to worry.

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