Setback for Lilly, gain for Plavix?

When FDA delayed its decision on Eli Lilly's clot-buster prasugrel, a.k.a. Effient, it sliced at least three months off the time Lilly might have to win market share from the commonly used blood thinner Plavix. Doing so quickly is crucial, because Bristol-Myers Squibb and Sanofi-Aventis' Plavix goes off patent by 2011--and cheap generic versions are likely to drain away even more of the market. Report