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Court Rules Against Generic Version of Plavix

Dec. 12, 2008
Sanofi-Aventis and Bristol Myers won a ruling in a legal battle over their blood-thinner Plavix in a fight with Apotex, a Canadian drug maker that had sought to bring out a generic version.
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