Bristol-Myers Wins Drug Battle ; Business News IN BRIEF

Jun 20, 02:09 AM

Current Headlines: Bristol-Myers Squibb, the pharmaceutical giant, won a major victory in its battle against a Canadian rival over the anti- clotting drug Plavix. A US judge upheld the BMS patent and barred rival Apotex from resuming sales of the drug. Apotex flooded the market with its copycat version last year after alleging that BMS breached competition rules by proposing a secret deal. Apotex plans to appeal against the ruling.

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