October 18, 2001 - A judge overseeing an investigation of the deaths of six dialysis patients in the Spanish city of Valencia has accepted a request from the victims' families to call three Baxter representatives to give evidence. Here is the Financial Times article that was abstracted from the Spanish newspaper El Pais.

October 9, 2001 - The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the dialyzers which were used by patients in Spain who recently died "didn't show signs of toxicity". Here is a summary from Bloomberg Financial News.

September 28, 2001 - The Financial Times has abstracted an article from the Spanish newspaper El Pais which reports that the Spanish Ministry of Health is investigating the possibility that the dialyzers involved in recent deaths in their country were part of a manufacturing lot that "did not pass a first quality control."

September 14, 2001 - More accusations by politicians are arising from the recent dialysis-related deaths in Spain.

September 12, 2001 - The managing director for Baxter in Spain has commented on the recent dialysis patient deaths in Spain. This article is from the Financial Times and has been abstracted from El Mundo.

September 10, 2001 - Here is more information on the recent dialysis deaths in Spain. Here are three articles from the Financial Times that were abstracted from the Spanish press:

El Pais - Sept. 8

El Mundo - Sept. 9

El Pais - Sept. 8

The Spanish minister for health, the leader of the regional government of Valencia, the kidney patients' association ALCER, and Spanish socialist opposition party PSOE are all making accusations about blame and lack of coordination.

September 7, 2001 - This week's issue of the British Medical Journal has a news item that offers some more details about the deaths of dialysis patient deaths in Spain.

September 5, 2001 - The Financial Times has an abstract of a report from El Mundo about the investigation.

The Wall Street Journal on-line has published the most comprehensive article on the investigation of dialysis patient deaths in Spain. (web link is no longer available)

September 4, 2001 - Here is the latest update on Baxter's voluntary recall of dialyzers from Bloomberg Financial News.

Here is an update from the Financial Times (London).

September 3, 2001 - Spanish health authorities have ordered hospitals to stop using the Baxter Althane A-18 dialyzer while they investigate twelve dialysis patient deaths during the month of August. A Baxter spokeswoman said their product had nothing to do with the deaths.

August 31, 2001 - As a precautionary measure, Baxter has initiated a voluntary recall of two batches of the A-18 dialyzers. (web link is no longer available)

An initial report about these deaths said that three patients had died almost simultaneously. (web link is no longer available)


[This message has been edited by Gary Peterson (edited 12-09-2001).]