NEW YORK, N.Y. - Two generic drugmakers will pay $2.15 billion to Pfizer and Takeda Pharmaceutical to settle a patent fight over the heartburn treatment Protonix. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., one of the world's largest generic drugmakers, will pay $1.6 billion, while India's Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. will pay $550 million for selling their versions of Protonix before the patent protecting the drug expired. Pfizer Inc., based in New York, said Wednesday that it will receive 64 per cent of the settlement proceeds.

TORONTO - Canada Border Services Agency says an alleged cocaine smuggler tried to get the drug into the country taped to his legs. Officials say border officers at Toronto's Pearson International Airport referred a traveller for secondary examination. During the course of the examination, the officers noticed the man was "inconsistent" and his belongings were swabbed, producing a positive result for suspected cocaine.

NEW YORK, N.Y. - After setting off a storm of criticism from abortion rights groups, upset that a Democratic president had sided with social conservatives, the Obama administration said it will comply with a judge's order to allow girls of any age to buy emergency contraception without prescriptions. But in doing so at least one opponent of easy access to the contraception thinks the president is buckling to political pressure, rather than making the health of girls a priority.

The Obama administration said Monday it would comply with a judge's order to allow women and girls of any age to purchase emergency contraception, ending its efforts to restrict the drug's availability. The reversal on the politically sensitive issue means that anyone, including young girls, will soon be able to purchase the popular Plan B One-Step morning-after pill over the counter, without a prescription.