Class action sought against Sanofi: report
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A U.S. law firm plans to file a lawsuit seeking class-action status against Sanofi-Aventis  on behalf of shareholders, alleging the pharmaceuticals group hid the side-effects of its anti-obesity drug Acomplia, French daily Les Echos reported.
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KANO, Nigeria  - The Nigerian state of Kano is suing drug maker Pfizer  for its alleged role in the deaths of children who received an unapproved drug during a meningitis epidemic in 1996, court papers showed on Wednesday.
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A lawsuit filed Monday attempts to recoup tens of millions spent by government-financed health programs to purchase the painkiller and to treat patients for its side effects.
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A U.S. judge has granted a request from   Sanofi-Aventis and U.S. partner Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.   BMY.N to block the sale in the United States of a generic   form of its top selling blood-thinner Plavix, giving a boost to   shares in the French drugmaker on Friday.
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French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi-Aventis suffered a stinging stock market setback Thursday after a US panel said the company&#39;s obesity treatment was unsafe and should not be marketed in the United States.
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U.S. lawmakers criticized the Food and Drug Administration's monitoring of the risks of a Sanofi-Aventis antibiotic and some other prescription drugs on Tuesday.
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Drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis , the target of a lawsuit seeking class-action status filed on behalf of shareholders, on Friday vowed to fight allegations it hid the side-effects of its anti-obesity drug Acomplia.
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A U.S. judge has granted a request from  Sanofi-Aventis and U.S. partner Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.   to block the sale in the United States of a generic  form of its top selling blood-thinner Plavix, giving a boost to  shares in the French drugmaker on Friday.
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A class-action lawsuit was filed yesterday in King County Superior Court on behalf of people who have used the anti-arthritis drug Vioxx.
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The US Securities and Exchange Commission is considering taking legal action against UBS AG for possible violations of securities laws relating to work performed for HealthSouth Corp.
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NEW YORK (Dow Jones/AP) _ The New York state comptroller sued Merck &amp; Co., claiming the drug maker hid certain risks associated with the painkiller Vioxx.
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Blog: Company is also in talks with the group that has sued it, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
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A federal class-action lawsuit filed in Boston yesterday on behalf of Massachusetts smokers demands that Philip Morris USA Inc. pay for computerized chest scans for its customers in an effort to detect early-stage lung cancer.
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An Oklahoma lawsuit filed on Thursday charges that Merck &amp; Co. misled patients about the safety of its arthritis drug. The case may signal many more such lawsuits against the drugmaker
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Class-action litigation, lawsuits seeking damages for exposure to asbestos and medical malpractice suits are the targets.
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A court ruling upholding the  patent on blockbuster blood-thinning drug Plavix has reignited  talk France&#39;s Sanofi-Aventis  will bid for its smaller  U.S. partner Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. .
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The main pension fund of New York State filed a federal lawsuit yesterday against Merck &amp; Company, accusing it of misleading shareholders about the safety of its arthritis pain drug Vioxx, which has since been withdrawn.