Scientific Protein Laboratories
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Scientific Protein Laboratories is a Waunakee, Wisconsin
scientific company established in 1976 by Oscar Meyer.
from pig's intestines in Changzhou City, China and supplies the crude heparin to Baxter Travenol. The company was involved in the 2008 Chinese heparin contamination
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Waunakee, Wisconsin
Waunakee is a village in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States . The population was 12,097 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Madison Metropolitan Statistical Area. Waunakee bills itself as "The Only Waunakee in the World." The village was named as #78 in CNN Money's "Top 100 Best Places to...
scientific company established in 1976 by Oscar Meyer.
History
In 2004 SPL was acquired by Arsenal Capital Partners for $81 million, today. The company harvests heparinHeparin
Heparin , also known as unfractionated heparin, a highly sulfated glycosaminoglycan, is widely used as an injectable anticoagulant, and has the highest negative charge density of any known biological molecule...
from pig's intestines in Changzhou City, China and supplies the crude heparin to Baxter Travenol. The company was involved in the 2008 Chinese heparin contamination
2008 Chinese heparin contamination
In March 2008, major recalls of heparin were announced by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration due to contamination of the raw heparin stock imported from China.-History:...
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