Bristol Myers pleads guilty to lying about patent deal (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Bristol Myers pleads guilty to lying about patent deal (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Bristol-Myers Squibb agreed to plead guilty and pay a one million dollar criminal fine for lying to the government about a patent deal on its popular blood-thinning drug Plavix, officials said Wednesday.

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