COURT GRANTS SANOFI-AVENTIS'S REQUEST FOR ORDER OF PROHIBITION IN THE CANADIAN PLAVIX®LITIGATION

The Canadian Federal Court of Ottawa has granted sanofi-aventis’s application for an order of prohibition against the Minister of Health and Apotex Inc. in relation to Apotex’s 2003 application in Canada for a marketing authorization for a generic version of clopidogrel bisulfate tablets. The Canadian Court rejected Apotex's challenge to the Plavix® patent and held that the asserted claims are novel, not obvious and infringed.