Hawaii Court Orders Drug Companies to Pay $916 Million in Plavix Blood Thinner Lawsuit

Hawaii Court Orders Drug Companies to Pay $916 Million in Plavix Blood Thinner Lawsuit
Plastic bottles of Plavix lie on a shelf in Ballin Pharmacy in Chicago on March 14, 2006. Tim Boyle/Getty Images
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HONOLULU—A Hawaii court has ordered the manufacturers and distributors of the blood thinner Plavix to pay the state a combined $916 million after finding the companies failed to disclose the efficacy and safety of the medication, the state attorney general said Tuesday.

The judgment was issued against Bristol Myers Squibb Company and three U.S.–based subsidiaries of French pharmaceutical company Sanofi.