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Kuhn. Pricing information for the 10 mL vials was not immediately
disclosed.
"The Diprivan 10 mL presentation is designed with consideration
for common dosing practices to support single patient use and
reduce waste," says John Ducker, president and CEO of the compa-
ny's U.S. division in Lake Zurich, Ill., in a statement. "This is particu-
larly important for outpatient surgery centers where lower doses
are commonly administered."
The size of propofol vials became a point of contention in the law-
suits that followed the 2008 Nevada hepatitis C outbreak.
Manufacturer Teva Parenteral Medicines and distributors Baxter
Healthcare and McKesson Medical Surgical were ordered to pay a
group of infected patients $183.6 million in October 2011 after a judge
agreed that 50 mL and 100 mL vials marketed without single-use-only
restrictions encouraged an endoscopy center's staff to reuse the vials,
and consequently cross-contaminate patients.
— David Bernard