Shares of Ranbaxy Laboratories today fell 7.67 per cent on the Bombay Stock Exchange to Rs 552.25 at close, after top investment banks like JP Morgan and CLSA said the out-of-court settlement with Pfizer over cholesterol pill Lipitor announced yesterday would delay the launch of the drug in the US by well over a year.

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Lipitor settlement gets thumbs-down from analysts, market

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