Judge blocks generic Plavix sale
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A U.S. judge on Thursday granted a   request from Sanofi-Aventis and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. to   block the sale of a generic form of their top-selling Plavix   blood thinner.
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Canadian drugmaker Apotex Corp. on  Tuesday launched a generic version of Bristol-Myers Squibb  Co.'s  blockbuster Plavix anti-clotting medicine,  threatening Bristol's earnings outlook and dividend.
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U.S. regulators on Friday delayed a decision on whether to approve over-the-counter sales of a Barr Pharmaceuticals "morning-after pill" to prevent pregnancy, prompting a lawsuit from a women's rights group.
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A judge ruled Tuesday that a 16-year-old cancer patient who has refused conventional medical treatment does not have to report to a hospital as previously ordered and scheduled a trial to settle the dispute.
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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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Although a U.S. judge has halted   continued shipments of a generic form of Bristol-Myers Squibb   Co.'s BMY.N best-selling drug, analysts on Friday cautioned   that huge supplies already on the market would hurt the   company's earnings in 2006 and 2007.
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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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Pfizer Inc., the world's largest drugmaker, said Wednesday it won a court ruling in the Netherlands preventing Indian rival Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. from releasing a generic version of the company's cholesterol-reducing drug Lipitor.
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A judge rules that doctors caring for a terminally-ill baby can withhold treatment if his condition worsens.
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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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Pfizer Inc.  on Friday said a Canadian federal court granted its request to prevent Novopharm Ltd. from launching a generic version of Pfizer's Lipitor cholesterol drug until a patent expires in July 2010.
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A judge ruled that federal lawsuits claiming death or injury from the drug Vioxx cannot be pooled into one national class action.
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A Delaware Chancery Court judge  said on Friday that Caremark Rx Inc.  must delay a  shareholder vote until the pharmacy benefit manager provides  more details on its planned acquisition by CVS Corp.
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The legal outcome could help protect Amgenâs multibillion dollar anemia drug franchise in the U.S. by blocking Rocheâs plan to introduce a competing medicine.
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Oracle&#39;s proposed takeover of Peoplesoft has hit another barrier. A Delaware judge has delayed his final ruling over Peoplesoft&#39;s poison pill defence, saying that he needs to hear more evidence.
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US District Judge Patti B. Saris ruled against pharmaceutical companies AstraZeneca PLC , Schering-Plough Corp. , and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. in Boston yesterday, finding them guilty of engaging in unfair and deceptive trade practices for their medication prices, according to the law firm of Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP.
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Bristol-Myers Squibb, reeling from the incursion of a generic competitor to its top-selling drug Plavix, lowered its earnings forecast for the year.