Bayer sues Novartis unit over generic YAZ

Bayer filed suit against Sandoz, Novartis' generic-drug unit, to block the company from launching its version of YAZ, a blockbuster birth-control pill, in the U.S. Bayer also sued Sandoz and other generic-drug makers seeking approval to market copies of a related treatment, Yasmin, after losing a patent dispute with Barr Pharmaceuticals.

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