Judge halts sales of generic Plavix
(AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060901/ap_on_bi_ge/plavix_dispute"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060809/capt.sge.deb42.090806190520.photo01.photo.default-509x417.jpg?x=130&y=106&sig=QZRgrok4LdO04neyxl407A--" align="left" height="106" width="130" alt="Plastic bottles of Plavix are seen on a shelf in a Pharmacy in Chicago, Illinois. French pharmaceuticals group Sanofi-Aventis indicated it was mounting a legal challenge to a planned launch by the Canadian firm Apotex of a generic version of the blood-thinning blockbuster drug Plavix.(AFP/Getty Images/Filre)" border="0" /></a>AP - A cheap generic version of blood thinner Plavix, which is used by 48 million Americans, has been blocked by a judge because of a patent dispute just three weeks after it launched.</p><br clear="all"/>