ELI LILLY AND CO. v. ROUSSEL CORP.

Civil Action No. 97-2009(JAG).

23 F.Supp.2d 460 (1998)

ELI LILLY AND COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. ROUSSEL CORP., Roussel-Uclaf Holdings Corp., Roussel-Uclaf, S.A., Hoechst Marion Roussel North America, Biochimica Opos, S.P.A., The Rugby Group, Inc., Rugby Laboratories, Inc., American Home Products Corporation, American Cyanamid Company, Zenith Goldline Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Zenith Laboratories, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

July 7, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael R. Griffinger, Gibbons, Del Deo, Dolan, Griffinger & Vecchione, Newark, NJ, Paul F. Ware, Jr., J. Anthony Downs, Goodwin, Procter & Hoar, Boston, MA, for Plaintiff.

Liza M. Walsh, Connell, Foley & Geiser, Roseland, NJ, Steven F. Molo, Louise R. Radin, Winston & Strawn, New York, NY, for Defendants, Roussel Corp., Roussel Uclaf Holdings Corp., Roussel Uclaf S.A., Hoechst Marion, Roussel, Inc., The Rugby Group, Inc. and Rugby Laboratories, Inc.

James M. Andrews, Friedman Siegelbaum, Roseland, NJ, Peter O. Safir, Stacy L. Ehrlich, Kleinfeld, Kaplan & Becker, Washington, DC, for Defendant, Biochimica Opos, S.P.A.

William L. Mentlik, Roy H. Wepner, Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik, Westfield, NJ, for Defendants, Zenith Goldline Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Zenith Laboratories, Inc.

Donald A. Robinson, Robinson, Lapidus & Livelli, Newark, NJ, Peter L. Zimroth, Arnold & Porter, New York, NY, William J. Ruane, American Home Products Corporation, Madison, NJ, Steven G. Reade, Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC, for Defendants, American Home Products Corporation and American Cyanamid Company.


OPINION

GREENAWAY, District Judge.

INTRODUCTION

This matter comes before the Court on the motion to dismiss pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) and Fed.R.Civ.P. 9(b) of defendants Roussel Corporation ("Roussel Corp.").; Roussel-Uclaf Holdings Corporation ("RU Holdings"); Hoechst Marion Roussel, Inc. (erroneously named in the Complaint as Hoechst Marion Roussel North America); and The Rugby Group, Inc. and Rugby Laboratories, Inc. (collectively...

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