FDA Updates Plavix Label, Leaves Effient With Clear Advantage
Executive Summary
FDA's latest revision of labeling for Bristol-Myers Squibb/Sanofi Aventis' Plavix gives Lilly/Daiichi Sankyo a clear-cut advantage to use for its competing antiplatelet agent Effient: Effient can be used with the proton pump inhibitor Prilosec; Plavix cannot
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