第二年，血液稀释药肝素前体遭到污染，导致美国数百人产生过敏反应，19人死亡。 德国也发生了至少80起严重的健康事件。
The following year, crude precursors of the blood-thinning medication heparin were contaminated, causing hundreds of allergic reactions and 19 deaths in the United States, and at least 80 serious adverse health events in Germany.