A federal judge has dismissed 20 lawsuits against Bristol-Myers Squibb and Pfizer Inc claiming that people who took its blood thinner Eliquis suffered severe internal bleeding, leaving just a single case in the consolidated litigation over the drug.
Wednesday’s orders by U.S. District Judge Denise Cote in Manhattan came after she issued a key ruling in May in a California man’s case that federal law preempted his state-law claims that the companies failed to warn about Eliquis’ risks.
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