Hawaii Wins $916M Judgment Against Bristol-Myers, Sanofi For Plavix Warnings

Mealey's (May 24, 2024, 2:06 PM EDT) -- HONOLULU — A Hawaii state court judge ordered Bristol Myers Squibb Co. (BMS) and Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC to pay more than $916 million for violating the state’s unfair trade practices law by failing to warn patients of East Asia and Pacific Island ancestry that their genetic variants rendered the antiplatelet drug Plavix ineffective for them in a case that was remanded from the state Supreme Court....