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Drug Company Fights For Patent Extension
In a gaffe that could cost it millions of dollars, the drug maker Medicines Company, which makes the blood thinner called Angiomax, missed the application deadline to extend its patent back in 2000 by a day or two. That patent expires on Tuesday.
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