In re Pharmaceutical Indus. Avg. Wholesale Price
| Decision Date | 21 June 2007 |
| Docket Number | Civil Action No. 01-12257-PBS.,M.D.L. No. 1456. |
| Citation | 491 F.Supp.2d 20 |
| Parties | In re PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICE LITIGATION. This Document Relates to: All Actions. Trial of Class 2 and Class 3 Claims. |
| Court | U.S. District Court — District of Massachusetts |
Jeffrey B. Aaronson, Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, Chicago, IL, for Baxter International, Inc. (Defendant).
Marc E. Ackerman, Harris Beach LLP, New York, NY, for Sandoz, Inc. (Consolidated Defendant).
Joseph G. Adams, Snell & Wilmer LLP, Phoenix, AZ, for Pharmacia & Upjohn, Inc. (Consolidated Defendant).
Pamela Zorn Adams, Sherin and Lodgen, Street Boston, MA, for Pharmacia Corporation (Consolidated Defendant), Gensia Sicor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Defendant).
Kenneth W. Africano, Harter, Secrest Law, Buffalo, NY, for Sicor, Inc. (Defendant), Ivax Corp. (Defendant), Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. (Defendant), Ivax Corp. (Defendant), Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. (Defendant), Ivax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Defendant), Allergan Inc. (Consolidated Defendant).
Kevin N. Ainsworth, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. Chrysler, New York, NY, for Bayer Corporation (Consolidated Defendant), Novo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Consolidated Defendant), Eli Lilly and Company (Consolidated Defendant).
Neil Alden, Bowman and Brooke LLP, Phoenix, AZ, for Baxter Healthcare Corp. (Consolidated Defendant).
Jarrett C. Anderson, Anderson LLC, Austin, TX, for Baxter International, Inc. (Defendant), Ven-A-Care of the Florida Keys Inc. (Consolidated Plaintiff).
Anthony J. Anscombe, Sedgwick Detert Moran & Arnold, Chicago, IL, for Ven-Care of the Florida Keys, Inc. (Consolidated Plaintiff), Ven-A-Care of the Florida Keys, Inc. (Plaintiff), Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (Consolidated Defendant).
Justin S. Antonipillai, Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC, for Ethex Corporation (Defendant).
Melissa Aoyagi Davis, Polk & Wardwell, New York, NY, for Ethex Corporation (Defendant), Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals LP (Defendant).
Martin A. Aronson, Morrill & Aronson, Phoenix, AZ, for Fujisawa Healthcare, Inc. (Consolidated Defendant).
Daniel F. Attridge, Kirkland & Ellis Suite, Washington, DC, for Fujisawa USA, Inc. (Consolidated Defendant), B. Braun Medical Inc. (Defendant).
Megan M. Auchincloss, Morrison & Foerster, LLP, Denver, CO, for B. Braun of America (Defendant), Purdue Pharma L.P. (Defendant).
Pamela J. Auerbach, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, DC, for Barr Laboratories, Inc. (Consolidated Defendant).
Jennifer Aurora, Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold LLP, New York, NY, for Organon Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. (Defendant).
Gary L. Azorsky Berger & Montague, PC, Philadelphia, PA, for Ven-A-Care of the Florida Keys, Inc. (Plaintiff).
Violeta I Balan Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Drive Chicago, IL, for Ven-A-Care of the Florida Keys Inc. (Consolidated Plaintiff), Ven-A-Care of the Florida Keys, Inc. (Consolidated Plaintiff), Johnson & Johnson (Consolidated Defendant).
Mitchell J. Banas, Jr., Jaeckle Fleischmann & Mugel LLP, Buffalo, NY, for Biogen Idec, Inc. (Consolidated Defendant).
Susan Hughes Banning Hemenway & Barnes, Boston, MA, for Neighborhood Health Plan, Inc. (Movant).
Anita Bapooji Ryan, Goodwin Procter LLP, Boston, MA, for TAP Pharmaceutical Products, Inc. (Defendant).
Jason E. Baranski, Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Pharmacia & Upjohn, Inc. (Defendant).
Scott A. Barbour, McName, Lochner, Titus & Williams, Albany, NY, for Ivax Corp. (Consolidated Defendant).
Steven F. Barley Hogan & Hartson, LLP, Baltimore, MD, for Teva Pharmaceutical USA (Consolidated Defendant), Amgen Inc. (Defendant).
Jessica Vincent Barnett Foley Hoag LLP, Boston, MA, for Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals LP (Defendant).
Charles Barnhill, Miner, Barnhill & Galland, Madison, WI, for Commonwealth of Kentucky (Consolidated Plaintiff).
Christopher K. Barry-Smith, Office of the Attorney General, Boston, MA, for State of Illinois (Consolidated Defendant), State of Massachusetts (Consolidated Defendant).
Paul S. Battaglia Bond, Schoeneck & King PLLC, Syracuse, NY, for Par Pharmaceutical, Inc. (Consolidated Defendant).
Jon Steven Baughman Ropes & Gray LLP, Washington, DC, for Schering-Plough Corporation (Consolidated Defendant).
Edwin Baum Proskauer, Rose Law Firm, New York, NY, for Warrick Pharmaceuticals Corporation (Consolidated Defendant), Biovail Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Consolidated Defendant).
P. Ryan Beckett, Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada, Jackson, MS, for Eli Lilly and Company (Consolidated Defendant).
Rebecca Bedwell-Coll Mascone, Emblidge & Quadra, San Francisco, CA, for Constance Thompson (Plaintiff).
Stacy D. Belf, Ropes & Gray LLP, Washington, DC, for John B. Rice (Plaintiff), Schering-Plough Corporation (Consolidated Defendant).
Terrianne Benedetto Kline & Specter, Floor Philadelphia, PA, for International Union of Operating Engineers, Local No. 68 Welfare Fund (Consolidated Plaintiff).
Daniel J. Bennett, Ropes & Gray LLP, Boston, MA, for Susan Aaronson Kline & Specter, P.C. (Plaintiff), Schering-Plough Corporation (Consolidated Defendant).
Curtis Bergen, Bowman and Brooke LLP, Phoenix, AZ, for Warrick Pharmaceuticals Corporation (Consolidated Defendant), Baxter Healthcare Corp. (Consolidated Defendant).
Elizabeth M Bergen, Gibson, McAskill Law Firm, Buffalo, NY, for Baxter International, Inc. (Defendant), Abbott Laboratories, Inc. (Consolidated Defendant).
Lawrence D. Berger, Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for TAP Pharmaceutical Products, Inc. (Consolidated Defendant).
Mark A. Berman, Hartmann Doherty Rosa & Berman, LLC, Hackensack, NJ, for Berlax Laboratories, Inc. (Defendant).
Pharmaceauticals, LLC (Defendant), Shirley Geller (Consolidated Plaintiff).
David J. Bershad, Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach LLP, New York, NY, for State of Nevada (Plaintiff), State of Montana (Plaintiff), All Plaintiffs (Plaintiff), Government Employees Hospital Association (Consolidated Plaintiff), Pipefitters Local 537 Trust Funds (Plaintiff), Harold Bean (Plaintiff), Arizona, State of (Consolidated Plaintiff), State of Arizona (Consolidated Plaintiff), State of Nevada (Consolidated Plaintiff), Citizens for Consumer Justice (Plaintiff).
Adelina O. Berumen, California Department of Justice Bureau of Medi-Cal Fraud, San Diego, CA, for Colorado Progressive Coalition (Plaintiff), Congress of California Seniors (Plaintiff), Florida Alliance for Retired Americans (Plaintiff), Health Care For All (Plaintiff), Massachusetts Senior Action Council (Plaintiff), Masspirg (Plaintiff), Minnesota Senior Federation (Plaintiff), New Jersey Citizen Action (Plaintiff), New York State Wide Senior Action Council (Plaintiff), Pennsylvania Alliance For Retired Americans (Plaintiff), Vermont Public Interest Research Group (Plaintiff), West Virginia Citizen Action (Plaintiff), Wisconsin Citizen Action (Plaintiff), Citizen Action of New York (Plaintiff), Connecticut Citizen Action Group (Plaintiff), Gray Panthers of Sacramento (Plaintiff), Health Action of New Mexico (Plaintiff), Maine Consumers for Affordable Health Care (Plaintiff), North Carolina Fair Share (Plaintiff), Oregon Health Action Campaign (Plaintiff), Oregon State Public Interest Research Group (Plaintiff), United Senior Action of Indiana, Inc. (Plaintiff), Betty Sicher (Plaintiff), Jack Douglas (Plaintiff), Joan S. Lee (Plaintiff), John Bennett (Plaintiff), Pearl Munic (Plaintiff), Sue Miles (Plaintiff), State of California (Plaintiff).
Aimee E. Bierman, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP, Boston, MA, for Aventis Behring LLC (Consolidated Defendant).
Brandon L. Bigelow, Bingham McCutchen LLP, Boston, MA, for Hoechst Marion Roussel, Inc. (Consolidated Defendant), Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Defendant), Hoescht Marion Roussel, Inc. (Defendant), Z.L.B. BEHRING (Intervenor Defendant), Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, Inc. (Defendant).
Scott A. Birnbaum, Birnbaum & Godkin, LLP, Boston, MA, for Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, Limited (Consolidated Defendant), Ethex Corporation (Defendant).
Sheila L. Birnbaum, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, New York, NY, for Ethex Corporation (Defendant), Schering-Plough, Corp. (Defendant).
Donald Wayne Bivens, Meyer Hendricks & Bivens PA, Phoenix, AZ, for Warrick Pharmaceuticals Corporation (Consolidated Defendant), Dey, Inc. (Consolidated Defendant).
Steven E. Bizar Buchanan Ingersoll, P.C., Philadephia, PA, for Amerisource-Bergen Corporation.
Rex Blackburn, Blackburn & Jones, Boise, ID, for Abbott Laboratories, Inc. (Consolidated Defendant).
Sam B. Blair, Jr., Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell, & Berkowitz, P.C., Memphis, TN, for Monarch Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Defendant).
Lynn M. Blake, Freidman, Hirschen Law Firm, Albany, NY, for King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Defendant), King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Consolidated Defendant), Monarch Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Consolidated Defendant), Eisai, Inc. (Consolidated Defendant).
Corporation (Consolidated Defendant), Warrick Pharmaceuticals Corporation (Consolidated Defendant), Genzyme Corporation (Consolidated Defendant).
Robert P. Blood, Goodwin Procter LLP, Boston, MA, for TAP Pharmaceutical Products, Inc. (Consolidated Defendant).
Elise M. Bloom, Proskauer, Rose Law Firm, New York, NY, for TAP Pharmaceutical Products, Inc. (Defendant), Biovail Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Consolidated Defendant).
Jack B. Blumenfeld, Morris, Nichols, Arsht, & Tunnell, Wilmington, DE, for Astrazeneca PLC (Consolidated Defendant).
Anthony Bolognese, Bolognese & Associates, Philadelphia, PA, for United Food & Commercial Workers Unions and Employers Midest Health Benefits Fund (Consolidated Plaintiff).
Nancy M. Bonnell, Phoenix, AZ, for Abbott Laboratories (Consolidated Plaintiff).
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