The drug, part of an Avalide-Avapro franchise that totaled $1.1 billion in 2006 sales, is currently approved only for hypertension patients who have failed ...
An FDA reviewer had already said the expanded use should be approved. Bristol-Myers and Sanofi also market irbesartan by itself under the name Avapro.
PA) has been considered to be the most likely possible suitor because Bristol co-markets its blockbuster blood-clot drug Plavix and its Avapro ...
Because France's Sanofi-Aventis SA is a partner with Bristol-Myers on Plavix and Avapro, Anderson said, ``we continue to think that a potential deal may ...
Bright spots were Avapro, whose sales rose 16 percent to $270 million, and schizophrenia treatment Abilify, whose revenue jumped 29 percent to $366 million, ...