US regulators gave the nod on Friday to Sanofi-Aventis and Bristol-Myers Squibb’s blood thinner Plavix for use in the treatment of patients with severe heart attack. US regulators gave the nod on ...

Clopidogrel is a generic prescription oral tablet that’s used to lower the risk of stroke and heart attack in certain adults. The drug is also available as the brand-name drug Plavix. It’s not known ...

Clinicians should offer a genetic test to people who have had an ischaemic stroke or transient ischaemic attack to determine whether they can be treated with the drug clopidogrel to reduce the risk of ...

LOS ANGELES Extreme complications from Type 1 diabetes and renal failure put 55-year-old Danny Parr in the hospital. But medical exams revealed he also has significant coronary artery disease, so he's ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Patients given the blood-clot preventer Plavix after a heart attack or after receiving a stent have a far higher risk of heart attack or death in the three months after they stop ...

CHMP recommends approval of Plavix ® (clopidogrel) with aspirin in adults for certain types of strokes CHMP issues positive opinion for use of Plavix with aspirin in adults within 24 hours of minor ...

Plavix Studies Shock Cardiologists Doctors have expressed surprise at studies indicating some common heartburn drugs can interfere with Plavix, the world's most-widely used drug to prevent blood clots ...

HONOLULU (AP) — Pharmaceutical companies have agreed to pay Hawaii $700 million to settle its lawsuit over the efficacy and safety of the blood thinner Plavix, the state attorney general's office ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Friday refused to reconsider a ruling that bars Apotex Inc. from selling its generic version of the anticlotting drug Plavix while the company fights a ...