Dennis Quaid sues drug company

Actor Dennis Quaid and his wife have launched a lawsuit against the makers of heparin after their newborn twins were inadvertently given massive doses of the blood thinner at a hospital.

The product liability lawsuit, filed in Chicago, seeks at least £25,000 (€34,868) in damages.

It claims that Baxter Healthcare Corp., based in Deerfield, Illinois, was negligent in packaging different doses of the product in similar vials with blue backgrounds and failing to recall them after three Indianapolis infants died from overdoses last year.