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<div align="Center"><b>PLIVA's solutions are safe</b><br> |
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<u>PLIVA held a press conference following the sudden deaths of patients |
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who were dialysed in hospitals<br> |
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Zagreb, 14 October 2001</i><br> |
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As the leading pharmaceutical company in the region, PLIVA has received with |
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great concern the news about the sudden deaths of patients who were dialysed |
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in hospitals.<br> |
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Upon receiving the information, PLIVA has, in cooperation with the Ministry |
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of Health of the Republic of Croatia, undertaken all necessary precautions |
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and has started a broad-scale analysis of all the elements of this tragic |
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situation. Our first and foremost concern in doing so is to protect patients |
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and determine all the facts.<br> |
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PLIVA immediately established a crisis centre and is in ongoing contact with |
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the Ministry of Health.<br> |
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PLIVA is a manufacturer of solutions used for hemodialysis treatment. Yesterday |
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and today we have analysed these solutions and the results rule out the possibility |
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of these solutions being the cause of the deaths.<br> |
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Apart from manufacturing solutions, PLIVA imports dialysers produced by the |
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US company <a href="http://www.baxter.com">Baxter</a> |
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. Baxter is one of the two leading dialyser manufacturers in the world. PLIVA |
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has been cooperating with Baxter for 12 years and during that time there |
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have never been any difficulties. Baxter delivers the dialysers to PLIVA |
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in unit packages with quality certificates. It delivers 180000 dialysers |
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to PLIVA annually. PLIVA has immediately requested Baxter’s experts to arrive |
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and they are expected in Zagreb today.<br> |
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PLIVA is actively participating in solving this crisis, which it is taking |
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very seriously, and in its further activities PLIVA will insist on having |
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all the circumstances of these tragic events determined and will cooperate |
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closely with all the relevant institutions.<br> |
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For additional information, please contact:<br> |
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Dubravko Merlic<br> |
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Corporate Communications<br> |
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Director<br> |
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Tel.: ++385 1 6120 852<br> |
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Fax: ++385 1 6160 358<br> |
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E-mail: <a href="mailto:Dubravko.Merlic@pliva.hr">Dubravko.Merlic@pliva.hr</a> |
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