In re Pharmaceutical Ind. Aver. Wholesale Price
| Decision Date | 17 September 2007 |
| Docket Number | Civil Action No. 01-12257-PBS.,MDL No. 1456. |
| Citation | 509 F.Supp.2d 82 |
| Parties | In re PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICE Litigation. This Document Relates to: The People of the State of Illinois v. Abbott Laboratories, Inc., et al., No. 1:06-5528 (N.D.Ill.) State of Ohio v. Dey. Inc., et al., No. 1:06-676 (S.D.Ohio) State of Florida, ex rel. Ven-a-Care of the Florida Keys, Inc. v. Boehringer Ingelheim Corp., et al., No. 4:06cv476 (N.D.Fla.) State of Mississippi v. Abbott Laboratories, Inc., et al., No. 3:06-566 (S.D.Miss.) Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Warrick Pharmaceuticals Corp., et al., No. 3:06-69 (E.D.Kentucky) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. TAP Pharmaceutical Products, Inc., et al., No. 2:06-4514 (E.D.Penn.) State of Idaho v. Abbott Laboratories, No. 1:07-CV-93 (D.Idaho) The County of Erie v. Abbott Laboratories, Inc., et al., v. The County of Erie v. Abbott Laboratories, Inc., et al., No. 6:06-6505 (W.D.N.Y.) The County of Oswego v. Abbott Laboratories, Inc., et al., No. 5:06-1240 (N.D.N.Y.) The County of Schenectady v. Abbott Laboratories, Inc., et al., No. 1:06-1239 (N.D.N.Y.). |
| Court | U.S. District Court — District of Massachusetts |
Jeffrey B. Aaronson, Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, Chicago, IL, for Baxter International, Inc.
Marc E. Ackerman, Harris Beach LLP, Brian L. Bank, Lara A. Berwanger, White & Case LLP, New York, NY, for Sandoz, Inc.
Susan Hughes Banning, Hemenway & Barnes, Boston, MA, for Sandoz, Inc, and Neighborhood Health Plan, Inc.
Aimee E. Bierman, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, Preston Gates Ellis LLP, Boston, MA, for Sandoz, Inc, and Aventis Behring LLC.
Brandon L. Bigelow, Bingham McCutchen LLP, Boston, MA; for Sandoz, Inc, and Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, Inc.
Joseph G. Adams, Snell & Wilmer LLP, Phoenix, AZ, Jason E. Baranski, Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Pharmacia & Upjohn, Inc.
Pamela Zorn Adams, Sherin and Lodgen LLP, Boston, MA, for Pharmacia Corporation and Gensia Sicor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Kenneth W. African, Harter, Secrest Law firm, Buffalo, NY, for Sicor, Inc., Ivax Corp., Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., Ivax Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Allergan Inc.
Patrick M. Bryan, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, DC, for Baxter International, Inc. and Ivax Corp.
Kevin N. Ainsworth Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. New York, NY, for Bayer Corporation, Novo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Eli Lilly and Company.
Neil Alden, Bowman and Brooke LLP, Phoenix, AZ, for Baxter Healthcare Corp.
Brooks A. Ames, DLA Piper, Rudnick Gray Cary U.S. LLP, Boston, MA, for Baxter International, Inc., and Cardinal Health, Inc.
C. Jarrett Anderson, Anderson LLC, Austin, TX, Gary L. Azorsky, Berger & Montague, Philadelphia, PA, for Ven-A-Care of the Florida Keys, Inc.
Anthony J. Anscombe, Sedgwick Detert Moran & Arnold, Chicago, IL, for Ven-A-Care of the Florida Keys, Inc., and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company.
Justin S. Antonipillai, Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC, for Ethex Corporation.
Melissa Aoyagi, Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York, NY, for Ethex Corporation, and Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals LP.
P. Jeffrey Archibald, Archibald Consumer Law, Madison, WI, Charles Barnhill, Miner, Barnhill & Galland, Madison, WI, for Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Martin A. Aronson, Morrill & Aronson, Phoenix, AZ, for State of Idaho, State of Illinois, State of South Carolina, and Fujisawa Healthcare, Inc.
Pamela J. Auerbach, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, DC, for Barr Laboratories, Inc.
Jennifer Aurora Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold LLP, New York, NY, for Organon Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.
Violeta I. Balan, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP, Chicago, IL, for Ven-A-Care of the Florida Keys, Inc., and Johnson & Johnson.
Mitchell J. Banas, Jr., Jaeckle Fleischmann & Mugel LLP, Buffalo, NY, for Biogen Idec, Inc.
Steven F. Barley, Hogan & Hartson, LLP, Baltimore, MD, for Teva Pharmaceutical USA, and Amgen Inc.
Jessica Vincent Barnett, Foley Hoag LLP, Boston, MA, for Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals LP.
Christopher K. Barry-Smith, Office of the Attorney General, Boston, MA, for State of Illinois and State of Massachusetts.
S. Paul Battaglia, Bond, Schoeneck & King PLLC, Syracuse, NY, for Par Pharmaceutical, Inc.
Jon Steven Baughman, Ropes & Gray LLP, Washington, DC, for Schering-Plough Corporation.
Edwin Baum Proskauer, Rose Law Firm, New York, NY, for Warrick Pharmaceuticals Corporation and Biovail Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
P. Ryan Beckett Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada, Jackson, MS, for Eli Lilly and Company.
Rebecca Bedwell-Coll, Mascone, Emblidge & Quadra, San Francisco, CA, for Constance Thompson.
Stacy D. Belf, Ropes & Gray LLP, Washington, DC, for John B. Rice and Schering-Plough Corporation.
Terrianne Benedetto, Kline Engineers, & Specter, Philadelphia, PA, for International Union of Operating Engineers.
Daniel J. Bennett, Ropes & Gray LLP, Boston, MA, for Susan Aaronson Kline & Specter, P.C. and Schering-Plough Corporation.
Curtis Bergen, Bowman and Brooke LLP;` Phoenix, AZ, for Warrick Pharmaceuticals Corporation and Baxter Healthcare Corp.
Elizabeth M. Bergen, Gibson, McAskill Law Firm, Buffalo, NY, for Baxter International, Inc., and Abbott Laboratories, Inc.
Mark A. Berman, Hartmann Doherty Rosa & Berman, LLC, Hackensack, NJ, for Berlax Laboratories, Inc.
Steve W. Berman Hagens, Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Seattle, WA, for Reliant Pharmaceauticals, LLC and Shirley Geller.
David J. Bershad, Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach LLP, New York, NY, for State of Nevada, State of Montana, All Plaintiffs, Government Employees Hospital Association, Pipefitters Local 537 Trust Funds, Harold Bean, State of Arizona, State of Arizona, State of Nevada, State of Nevada;/State of Montana and Citizens for Consumer Justice.
Scott A. Birnbaum, Birnbaum & Godkin, LLP, Boston, MA, for Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, Limited and Ethex Corporation.
Sheila L. Birnbaum, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, New York, NY, for Ethex Corporation and Schering-Plough, Corp.
Steven E. Bizar, Buchanan Ingersoll, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, for Amerisource-Bergen Corporation.
Rex Blackburn, Blackburn & Jones, Boise, ID, for Abbott Laboratories, Inc.
Sam B. Blair, Jr., Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell, & Berkowitz, P.C., Memphis, TN, for Monarch Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Lynn M. Blake Freidman, Hirschen Law Firm, Albany, NY, for King Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Monarch Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Eisai, Inc., Schering-Plough Corporation, Warrick Pharmaceuticals Corporation and Genzyme Corporation.
Jack B. Blumenfeld, Morris, Nichols, Arsht, & Tunnell, Wilmington, DE, for Astrazeneca PLC.
Anthony Bolognese, Bolognese & Associates, Philadelphia, PA, for United Food & Commercial Workers Unions and Employers Midest Health Benefits Fund.
Nancy M. Bonnell, Phoenix, AZ, for Abbott Laboratories.
Neville H. Boschert, Watkins, Ludlam, Winter & Stennis, P.A., Jackson, MS, for Action Alliance of Senior Citizens of Greater Philadelphia, All Plaintiffs, State of Arizona, Carpenters & Millwrights of Houston and Vicinity Welfare Trust Fund, Board of Trustees, Citizens for Consumer Justice, Colorado Progressive Coalition, Commonwealth of Kentucky, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Congress of California Seniors, Connecticut Citizen Action Group, County of Chautauqua, County of Chenango, County of Cortland, County of Dutchess, County of Lewis, County of Nassau, County of Onondaga, County of Ontario, County of Orleans, County of Oswego, County of Rockland, County of Schenectady, County of Schuyler, County of Seneca, County of Westchester, County of Wyoming, Essex County, Florida Alliance for Retired Americans, Government Employees Hospital Association, Gray Panthers of Sacramento, Health Action of New Mexico, Health Care For All, International Union of Operating Engineers, Fund, Maine Consumers for Affordable Health Care, Massachusetts Senior Action Council, Masspirg, Minnesota Senior Federation, National Automatic Sprinkler Industry Welfare Fund, New Jersey Citizen Action, New York State Wide Senior Action Council, North Carolina Fair Share, Oregon Health Action Campaign, Oregon State Public Interest Research Group, Pennsylvania Alliance For Retired Americans, Pipefitters Local 537 Trust Funds, Rice & Thompson, State of Arizona, State of California, State of Connecticut, State of Florida, State of Florida, State of Mississippi, State of Montana, State of Nevada/State of Montana, State of New York, State of Ohio, State of South Carolina, Suffolk County (N.Y.), The City of New York, The City of New York and Captioned New York Counties, The County of Columbia, The County of Erie, The County of Ulster, The People of the State of Illinois, Twin Cities Baker Workers Health & Welfare Fund, United Food & Commercial Workers Unions and Employers Midest Health Benefits Fund, United Senior Action of Indiana, Inc., United States, ex rel., Ven-A-Care of the Florida Keys Inc., Ven-A-Care of the Florida Keys, Inc., Vermont Public Interest Research Group, West Virginia Citizen Action, Wisconsin Citizen Action, Betty Sicher, Constance Thompson, Edward West, Harold Bean, Henry D. McMaster, Jack Douglas, Joan S. Lee, John Bennett, John V. Digel, John B. Rice, Kimberly K. Hoover, Leroy Townsend, Pearl Munic, Robert J. Swanston, Roberta S. Starks, Ronald E. Turner Shirley Geller, Sue Miles, T. Mark Jones, Zachary T. Bentley, The City of New York Susan Aaronson Kline & Specter, P.C. Esquire Donald E. Haviland, Jr. Ivax Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Michael P. Boudett, Foley Hoag LLP, Boston, MA, for Sicor Inc., Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., and repres Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals LP.
Ali Bovingdon, Helena, MT, for State of Montana.
Felix Lee Bowie, III, Davidson, Bowie & Sims, PLLC, Jackson, MS, for Wyeth.
George Ian Brandon, Sr., Squire Sanders & Dempsey, LLP, Phoenix, AR, for Apothecon, Inc.
Jeniphr Breckenridge, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro, LLP, Seattle, WA, for Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Oncology Therapeutics Network...
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