This is apparently a case of a genericized trademark

I thought aspirin was the general name for the painkilling medicine, like acetaminophen of ibuprofen

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      Bayer knowingly sold blood-clotting agents infected with HIV to Asia and Latin America months after withdrawing them from Europe and the US, an American newspaper claimed yesterday.

      Cutter Biological continued to dump stocks of the factor VIII blood-clotting agent for haemophiliacs on poor countries for nearly a year after introducing a safer alternative, the report in the New York Times said.

      Way to bury the lede. Time to hate on the world again, excuse me.