Judge Stops Distribution Of Generic Plavix in U.S.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 31 -- A federal judge blocked distribution Thursday of a generic version of blood thinner Plavix, finding it unlikely that the maker of the generic version, Apotex Inc. of Canada, could prove that the patent on the drug used by 48 million Americans was invalid.
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A federal judge in Massachusetts ruled on Thursday that pharmaceutical companies AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Schering-Plough Corp. subsidiary Warrick Pharmaceuticals falsely marked up U.S. drug prices at various times through 2003.
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LONDON/NEW YORK  - A court ruling upholding the patent on blockbuster blood-thinning drug Plavix has reignited talk France's Sanofi-Aventis  will bid for its smaller U.S. partner Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. .
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Novartis AG lowered its full-year  results outlook as generic competition pressured sales of a key  blood-pressure drug, and said U.S. regulators had delayed the  approval process for an important cancer treatment.
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French pharmaceutical group Sanofi-Aventis has slashed its 2006 earnings per share forecast from 12 percent to just two percent due to competition for its blockbuster blood-thinner Plavix from a generic drug.
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Public reaction forced the drug manufacturer to ends its lobbying efforts in state legislatures on behalf of a vaccine.
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A federal judge on Wednesday issued a preliminary injunction barring enforcement of an Ohio law that requires doctors to follow FDA guidelines when dispensing drugs for medical abortions, the Cincinnati Post reports.
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The Defense Department must stop inoculating troops with anthrax vaccine, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, saying that the Food and Drug Administration acted improperly when it approved the injections for general use.
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The $2.3 billion arthritis drug is withdrawn from the market.
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A judge has ordered the state Board of Medicine to stop disciplinary proceedings against a doctor accused of telling a patient she was so obese she might only be attractive to black men and advising another to shoot herself following brain surgery.
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A U.S. judge has shut down Qchex, an online check-creating service, after the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) complained the company creates and sends checks without verifying the customer has authority to write checks on the account being used.
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Rx Depot, a company that helped customers buy cheaper prescription drugs in Canada, gave up its legal battle Friday to reopen its storefronts that were ordered closed last year by a federal judge.
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A federal judge this week issued an injunction stopping the FDA from starting enforcement of regulations that require pharmaceutical companies to document the chain of custody for drug products.
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A judge Thursday dismissed a lawsuit that sought to effectively drop from the ballot an Arizona initiative that would restrict government services provided to illegal immigrants.
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Bayer HealthCare, a U.S.-based unit  of Bayer AG , said on Monday it had stopped a  late-stage trial of Nexavar in patients with non-small cell  lung cancer, after an independent data monitoring committee  said it would not meet the main goal of improved overall  survival.
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A company that makes substances used in some common medical tests has suspended operations at a nuclear pharmacy in Maryland as state and federal health officials investigate several cases of hepatitis C in the Baltimore area, authorities said Thursday.
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Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.  on Monday said it had pleaded guilty to two federal criminal counts related to allegations it had illegally concealed a deal to block introduction of a generic form of its blockbuster Plavix anti-clotting drug.