Glycol in Medical News

New Standards Set for Heparin and Glycerin

... might be contaminated with toxins called ethylene glycol and diethylene glycol," said USP Chief Science ... as toothpaste and pancake syrup, while ethylene glycol and diethylene glycol are poisonous. Switching ethylene glycol, which ...

Green Apple Cleaners Expands Reach to Health Conscious Customers

... safe profile and cleaning ability, is a propylene glycol ether that is completely and readily biodegradable into water and CO2. These propylene glycol ethers should not to be confused with ethylene glycol ethers, the variety found in products like ...

USP announces revised glycerin monograph

... articles as well, such as toothpaste. Diethylene glycol is a poisonous chemical used in industrial ... intentional adulteration of drugs with diethylene glycol has occurred many times and in many countries, ... glycerin manufacturer to prove that diethylene glycol is not present, using the USP Glycerin monograph. ...

DeltaTRAK Responds to Swine Flu Outbreak With Full Line of Products for Temperature Sensitive Vaccines

... are available at the 8 degree C temperature threshold. Certified glycol min/max thermometers are used in refrigerators and can be programmed to ... temperature limits are exceeded. Because the sensor is surrounded by a glycol solution, they are not susceptible to ambient temperature changes when the ...

CPC Pursues Development of Proprietary Synthetic Sealants as part of MedClose(TM) Global Commercialization

... that it is actively pursuing the development of proprietary polyethylene glycol (PEG) synthetic sealants as part of its global commercialization strategy ... unanticipated events as they occur. (1) Fibrin versus polyethylene glycol sealant: an experimental study in rabbits." European Journal of Plastic ...

Are You Trying to Clean Your Home ... or Kill It?

... agents yield high levels of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), including glycol ethers, which are regulated toxic air containments, and terpenes that can ... and air fresheners: emissions and resulting concentrations of glycol ethers and terpenoids. Indoor Air, 16(3), 179-191. (6) U.S. ...

Popular Colonoscopy Prep Solution May Pose Kidney Risks

... . Another popular prescription colonoscopy preparation -- polyethylene glycol solutions (PEG) -- was not the subject of the current study and does not ... and require less clear liquid consumption than the polyethylene glycol solution. To examine risks associated with use of the phosphate ...

Ecigarettesnational.com Says Claim by FDA and Other Health Organizations Intentionally Misleading

... nickel, radioactive Polonium 210, cyanide, butane, arsenic, acetone ... the list goes on into the thousands. And they found ... 1% diethylene glycol in 1 out of 18 cartridges?" The doctors that performed the studies are also falling under scrutiny, because the public at large knows nothing ...

Water method for unsedated colonoscopy; interval between prep and colonoscopy predicts prep quality

... to tolerate previous bowel preparations and on the presence of renal insufficiency and other comorbidities. The preparations used were polyethelene glycol electrolyte-based (PEG) and sodium phosphate (SP) solution (71 percent), oral PEG and magnesium citrate (23 percent), or SP alone (6 percent). The ...

Preemies Exposed to Toxins in Liquid Meds

... During their treatment, the infants were regularly exposed to 20 different excipients, including ethanol (found in iron and furosemide) and propylene glycol (found in dexamethasone). These chemicals can cause nerve damage. The infants' exposure to ethanol ranged from 0.2 ml to 1.8 ml a week, equivalent ...

Cell transplantation and diabetes: New sites, new devices

... the research team suggested decreasing capsule size to nano-scale and combining PEGylation coating of capsules with a layer of poly(ethylene) glycol molecules with low-dose immunosuppression to improve engraftment and long-term function. Contact: Dr. Cherie Stabler, Department of Biomedical ...

Raising the Bar on MonoPropyleneGlycol USP/EP

... U.S. Department of Agriculture, European Union, Australia, Japan, Canada and New Zealand all endorse the HACCP system. MonoPropylene glycol USP/EP is used as a humectant and emulsifier in the production of food additives, personal care products and other everyday items. It is also used as ...

FDA Approval of Cimzia(R) for Crohn's Disease Represents Latest Milestone for Nektar's PEGylation Technology Platform

... be used to modify pharmaceutical agents to preferentially target certain systems within the body. It is a technique in which non-toxic polyethylene glycol (PEG) polymers are attached to therapeutic agents, and it is applicable to most major drug classes, including proteins, peptides, antibody fragments, ...

New nanotube findings by Stanford researchers give boost to potential biomedical applications

... very long time in the blood, if the chemistry is done right,'' Dai said. The researchers found that coating their carbon nanotubes with polyethylene glycol (PEG), a common ingredient in cosmetics, worked best. They used a form of PEG with three little limbs sprouting off a central trunk. ''Those ...

Nektar Announces Agreement With Baxter to Develop New PEGylated Therapeutics for Hemophilia

... and dosing frequency, increasing bioavailability and improving drug solubility and stability. It is based on the use of non-toxic polyethylene glycol (PEG) polymers, which can be attached to most major drug classes, including proteins, peptides, antibody fragments, small molecules, and other drugs ...

New method of drug delivery more effective at reaching brain tumors

... and there is rapid clearance of the drug from the site. To increase the effectiveness of their drug, Saltzmans team attached polyethylene glycol (PEG), an inert water-soluble polymer, to it. They also identified a promising compound that could deliver 11 times more medication to the tumor than ...

Hazardous Advanced Micro Devices ('A.M.D.') 'Clean Room' Chemicals Caused Multiple Birth Defects, Lawsuit Alleges

... employee who worked in the technology company's "Fab 14" clean room from 1988 to 2002, was exposed to a host of toxic chemicals, including ethylene glycol monoethyl ether acetate and 2-ethoxyethyl acetate which caused the birth defects in her son, Ryan. On at least two occasions during her employment, ...

Nanoballs deliver drugs

... period can be adjusted by using different components for the nanostructures. Drug packages The nanoparticles consist of polyethylene glycol (PEG) chains which are attached to recently developed components: lactic acid derivatives of polymethacrylamides. These new chains possess the unique ...

MIT works toward novel therapeutic device

... the technology, the team experimented with several chemical methods to immobilize P-selectin on a glass surface. They identified a polyethelene glycol (PEG) coating that strongly bonded to P-selectin. This coating is also non-fouling, meaning it does not react with or accumulate other proteins, so ...

China Repudiates Warning on Its Toothpaste

... containing the poisonous chemical diethylene glycol (DEG) from entering the US. The FDA has raised concerns that the products may contain - diethylene glycol or DEG or diglycol stearate, used in solvents. ... from the Health Ministry had deemed diethylene glycol a ``low-level'' poison that does not accumulate ...

Investigators Find Poisonous Chemicals In Four More Drugs In China

... Wang Guiping, sold about 1 ton of diethylene glycol under labels saying it was propylene glycol made by the province's Taixing Chemical Factory. ... Chemical Factory, had bought the diethylene glycol from a factory in Changzhou, a neighboring city ...

China is Cracking Down on Food Safety

... imported from China, after tests showed they contained diethylene glycol (DEG). In Panama last year at least 50 persons died presumably due to the chemical diethylene glycol (DEG). On Tuesday, a document published on a government website ...

Panama announces Reform of Health System

... at the CSS laboratory were found to be contaminated with toxic di-ethylene glycol that causes death by causing kidney failure. Over 40 people fell seriously ... sign an executive order later in the day which would make an ethylene glycol test mandatory. He also added that he had instructed Health Minister ...

More Medicines Found To Contain Toxic Substance

... in Panama along with US Centres for Disease Control, discovered diethylene glycol in a sugarless government manufactured cough syrup//. The contaminant is ... the cough syrup to be containing the offending chemical. Diethylene glycol is an industrial chemical and known to be dangerous. People who have been ...

Dozens of Panamanians Gravely Ill from Toxic Substance from China

... to be tainted. At least 80 people in Panama died, most of them late last year, after taking medication contaminated with the imported diethylene glycol (DEG), an industrial solvent used for automobile brake fluid and antifreeze. The government puts the number of fatalities at 80 people, and says 39 ...

FDA Advises Manufacturers to Test Glycerin for Possible Contamination

... that glycerin, a sweetener commonly used worldwide in liquid over-the-counter and prescription drug products, is not contaminated with diethylene glycol (DEG). DEG is a known poison used in antifreeze and as a solvent. Today, the agency is issuing guidance to industry recommending methods of testing ...

Study Report On Ill Effects Of Soft Drinks

... effects due to consumption of soft drinks/beverages (iv) Contents of soft drinks/beverages Caffeine Phosphoric Acid Ethylene glycol Aspartame Carbon Dioxide The said report is based on research carried out on scientific basis in various countries of the world. ...

Panama Official Arrested Over Tainted Medicine Deaths of 100

... Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, said the investigation showed the overseas companies that bought the diethylene glycol misused it, thinking it was glycerin, a widely used sweetener. In another case, the Chinese said that toothpaste produced by two companies in ...

Hong Kong Warning on 'unsafe' Toothpaste

... using three brands of toothpaste containing a potentially dangerous industrial chemical. The customs department said samples contained diethylene glycol (DEG), which prompted an outcry when it was discovered in exports of Chinese toothpaste to Panama. The United States has started inspecting ...