Read more prasugrel stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/16389/prasugrel.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorWed, 23 May 2012 06:46:47 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/50598/novartis-acquires-plavix-rival.htmlJim O'Neill<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=181149&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110331232626' border='0' />Novartis AG will pay a San Francisco biopharmaceutical company $75 million—with the potential for an additional $500 million—for the worldwide rights to an experimental anticlotting drug the Swiss drug firm hopes will rival Plavix, reports the Wall Street Journal. Market leader Plavix rang up $8.22 billion in...Plastic bottles of Plavix lie on a shelf in Ballin Pharmacy in Chicago, Illinois.http://www.newser.com/story/50598/novartis-acquires-plavix-rival.htmlThu, 12 Feb 2009 08:22:53 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/10974/new-blood-thinner-tops-plavix-in-trials.htmlKevin Spak<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=42489&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401030231' border='0' />An experimental new blood-thinner looks like real competition for top-selling anti-clotting drug Plavix, after proving more effective at preventing heart attacks, strokes, and heart-related death in a recent trial, the AP reports. But “there is a price to pay” for increased effectiveness, wrote one doctor—the new drug caused an...Blood thinner medication Plavix is shown July 28, 2006 in a New York file photo. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)http://www.newser.com/story/10974/new-blood-thinner-tops-plavix-in-trials.htmlMon, 05 Nov 2007 09:00:41 CST