UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) September 21, 2006
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
| 1-1136 | 22-079-0350 | |
| (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| 345 Park Avenue New York, NY | 10154 | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
(212) 546-4000
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Item 8.01 Other Events.
On September 21, 2006, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, together with sanofi-aventis, issued a press release announcing that the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit had denied the motion by Apotex to stay the August 31, 2006 preliminary injunction issued by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York that ordered Apotex to halt its sales of a generic version of clopidogrel bisulfate product that competes with PLAVIX®.
The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has set an expedited schedule for Apotex’s appeal of the preliminary injunction, with oral argument scheduled for October 31, 2006.
A copy of the press release is attached to this report as Exhibit 99.1.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
| (d) | Exhibits. |
99.1 Press release issued September 21, 2006 by Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and sanofi-aventis.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Date: September 25, 2006 | Bristol-Myers Squibb Company | |||
| By: | /s/ Sandra Leung | |||
| Name: | Sandra Leung | |||
| Title: | Secretary | |||
EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 99.1 | Press release issued September 21, 2006 by Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and sanofi-aventis. |