Tuesday, April 3, 2007

Bristol-Myers says FTC seeks files on Apotex deal

(Reuters) - The settlement collapsed when state attorneys general opposed the deal as anti-competitive. Apotex then flooded the United States with its cheaper form of Plavix, causing sales of Bristol's branded product to plunge.

Bristol-Myers said on Tuesday that it was also cooperating fully with a previously disclosed criminal probe of the proposed Apotex settlement being conducted by the antitrust division of the U.S. Department of Justice.


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