He did major studies of drugs such as tPA, from Genentech, Plavix, from Sanofi-Aventis, and both Eli Lilly's Reopro and Integrilin, from Millennium and Schering-Plough.
But Millennium (nasdaq: MLNM - news - people ), a leading genomics firm, bought COR Therapeutics (nasdaq: CORR - news - people ) only a few weeks before that big deal went down, for similar reasons: Millennium wanted COR's cardiovascular drug, Integrilin.
They may opt for a bare metal stent to prop up a second vessel, or substitute the more expensive anti-coagulants, such as Millennium Pharmaceuticals' (nasdaq: MLNM - news - people ) Integrilin, or Eli Lilly's (nyse: LLY - news - people ) ReoPro, with cheaper ones.