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Pharma
Marketletter
November
1, 2006
The
first personal injury lawsuit against the makers of Plavix
(clopidogrel), Bristol-Myers Squibb and Sanofi-Aventis, has
been filed. Among the allegations are misleading the public
and hiding the risks of the popular blood thinning drug, Plavix.
The
law suit, filed on behalf of an individual injured by Plavix,
comes just days after third-party payers announced they had
filed a class action against the companies, alleging that
Plavix causes much higher risks of heart attack, stroke, internal
bleeding and death than previously reported. The suit further
alleges that the companies knew this information and had been
warned repeatedly by the Food and Drug Administration to stop
its misleading advertising and promotional practices.
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