Shuanghui's Smithfield bid sparks US worries over supply of drug heparin

US lawmakers are concerned a Chinese company's planned US$4.7 billion acquisition of pork producer Smithfield Foods could affect the safety and availability of heparin, a blood-thinner widely used in heart surgery and kidney dialysis that is derived from pig intestines.

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