IN RE PHARMACEUTICAL IND. AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICE LITIGATION

MDL No. 1456. No. CIV.A.01-12257-PBS.

321 F.Supp.2d 187 (2004)

In re PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICE LITIGATION State of Nevada v. American Home Products Corp., et al., State of Montana v. Abbott Labs, Inc., et al.,

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

June 10, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey B. Aaronson, Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, Chicago, IL, Douglas S. Brooks, Kelly, Libby & Hoopes, PC, Boston, Ma, Peter E. Gelhaar, Donnelly, Conroy & Gelhaar, LLP, Boston, MA, for Baxter International, Inc., Defendant.

Daniel F. Attridge, Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, DC, for B. Braun Medical Inc., B.Braun of America, Defendants.

Gary L. Azorsky, Berger & Montague, PC, Philadelphia, PA, James J. Breen, Breen Law Firm, Alpharetta, GA, for Ven-A-Care of the Florida Keys, Inc., Plaintiff.

Anita B. Bapooji, Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP, Boston, MA, for TAP Pharmaceutical Products, Inc., Defendant.

Jason E. Baranski, John C. Dodds, Mitchell Edwards, Joseph B.G. Fay, Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Pharmacia & Upjohn, Inc., Pharmacia Corp., Defendants.

Steven F. Barley, Hogan & Hartson, LLP, Baltimore, MD, for Amgen Inc., Defendant.

Rebecca Bedwell-Coll, Mascone, Emblidge & Quadra, San Francisco, CA, for Constance Thompson, John B. Rice, Plaintiffs.

Mark A. Berman, Gibbons, Del Deo, Dolan, Griffinger & Vecchione, P.C., Newark, NJ, for Berlax Laboratories, Inc., Reliant Pharmaceauticals, LLC, Defendants.

Steve W. Berman, Hagens & Berman, Seattle, WA, for Shirley Geller, State of Nevada, State of Montana All Plaintiffs, Plaintiffs.

David J. Bershad, Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach LLP, New York, NY, for Citizens for Consumer Justice, Colorado Progressive Coalition, Congress of California Seniors, Florida Alliance for Retired Americans, Health Care For All, Massachusetts Senior Action Council, Masspirg, Minnesota Senior Federation, New Jersey Citizen Action, New York State Wide Senior Action Council, Pennsylvania Alliance For Retired Americans, Vermont Public Interest Research Group, West Virginia Citizen Action, Wisconsin Citizen Action, Citizen Action of New York, Connecticut Citizen Action Group, Gray Panthers of Sacramento, Health Action of New Mexico, Maine Consumers for Affordable Health Care, North Carolina Fair Share, Oregon Health Action Campaign, Oregon State Public Interest Research Group, United Senior Action of Indiana, Inc., Betty Sicher, Jack Douglas, Joan S. Lee, John Bennett, Pearl Munic, Sue Miles, Plaintiffs.

Aimee E. Bierman, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, LLP, Boston, MA, for Aventis Benring LLC, Aventis Pharma, Hoechst Marion Roussel, Inc., Aventis Pharmacy, Hoescht Marion Roussel, Inc., Defendants.

Jack B. Blumenfeld, Morris, Nichols, Arsht, & Tunnell, Wilmington, DE, Florence A Crisp, James J. Duffy, Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York, NY, for Astrazeneca PLC, Consolidated Defendant.

Thomas L. Boeder, Perkins Coie, Seattle, WA, for Immunex Corp., Defendant.

Anthony Bolognese, Bolognese & Associates, Philadelphia, PA, for United Food & Commercial Workers Unions and Employers Midest Health Benefits Fund, Consolidated Plaintiff.

Jill Lori Brenner, Donnelly, Conroy & Gelhaar, LLP, Boston, MA, for Baxter Healthcare Corp., Baxter International, Inc., Defendants.

Nicole Y. Brumsted, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, Boston, MA, for Citizens for Consumer Justice, Colorado Progressive Coalition, Congress of California Seniors, Florida Alliance for Retired Americans, Health Care For All, Massachusetts Senior Action Council, Masspirg, Minnesota Senior Federation, New Jersey Citizen Action, New York State Wide Senior Action Council, Pennsylvania Alliance For Retired Americans, Vermont Public Interest Research Group, West Virginia Citizen Action, Wisconsin Citizen Action, Plaintiffs.

Michael M. Buchman, Milbert, Weiss, Bershad, Hynes & Lerach, LLP, New York, NY, for Colorado Progressive Coalition, Congress of California Seniors, Florida Alliance for Retired Americans, Health Care For All, Massachusetts Senior Action Council, Masspirg, Minnesota Senior Federation, New Jersey Citizen Action, New York State Wide Senior Action Council, Pennsylvania Alliance For Retired Americans, Vermont Public Interest Research Group, West Virginia Citizen Action, Wisconsin Citizen Action, Citizens for Consumer Justice, Citizen Action of New York, Connecticut Citizen Action Group, Gray Panthers of Sacramento, Health Action of New Mexico, Maine Consumers for Affordable Health Care, North Carolina Fair Share, Oregon Health Action Campaign, Oregon State Public Interest Research Group, United Senior Action of Indiana, Inc., Betty Sicher, Jack Douglas, Joan S. Lee, John Bennett, Pearl Munic, Sue Miles, Plaintiffs.

James C. Burling, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Boston, MA, for American Home Products Corp., Biogen, Inc., Defendants.

David J. Burman, Perkins Coie, Seattle, WA, for Immunex Corp., Defendant.

Evan Dean Buxner, Chicago, IL, for All Plaintiffs, Plaintiff.

Tod S. Cashin, Buchanan Ingersoll, PC, Princeton, NJ, for Aventis Behring LLC, Consolidated Defendant.

Ronald L. Castle, Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin, Plotki n & Kahn, LLC, Washington, DC, for Chiron, Defendant.

William F., Cavanaugh, Jr., Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler LLP, New York, NY, for Centocor, Inc., Johnson & Johnson, Ortho Biotech Products, L.P., Consolidated Defendants.

David J. Cerveny, Proskaver Rose LLP, Boston, MA, for Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Defendant.

Joanne M. Cicala, Kirby Mclnerncy & Squire, New York, NY, for Suffolk County (N.Y.) Plaintiff.

Daniel J. Cloherty, Dwyer & Collora LLP, Boston, MA, for Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Oncology Therapeutics Network Corp., Defendants.

Jonathan D Cohen, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Boston, MA, for Mylan Laboratories, Inc., Defendant.

Jeremy P. Cole, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Chicago, IL, Christopher R. Cook, Jones Day, Robert C. Cook, Jones Day, Washington, DC, for Abbott Laboratories, Defendant.

Michael R. Costa, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Boston, MA, for Mylan Laboratories, Inc., Defendant.

Paul J. Coval, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease, LLP, Columbus, OH, for Bedford Laboratories, Ben Venue Laboratories Inc. Boehringer Ingelheim Corp., Consolidated Defendants.

William M. Cowan, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, PC, Boston, MA, for Eli Lilly and Company, Defendant.

Jonathan W. Cuneo, Cuneo Law Group, Washington, DC, for Shirley Geller, Consolidated Plaintiff.

Joseph Danis, The David Danis Law Firm, P.C., St. Louis, MO, for Citizen Action of New York, Connecticut Citizen Action Group, Gray Panthers of Sacramento, Health Action of New Mexico, Maine Consumers for Affordable Health Care, North Carolina Fair Share, Oregon Health Action Campaign, Oregon State Public Interest Research Group, United Senior Action of Indiana, Inc., Betty Sicher, Jack Douglas, Joan S. Lee, John Bennett, Pearl Munic, Sue Miles, All Plaintiffs, Plaintiffs.

William A. Davis, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, PC, Washington, DC, for Eli Lilly and Company, Defendant.

Michael DeMarco, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, LLP, Boston, MA, for Aventis Pharmacy, Aventis Behring LLC, Consolidated Defendants.

Merle M. Delancey, Jr., Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky LLP, Washington, DC, for Baxter International, Inc., Baxter Healthcare Corp., Baxter Pharmaceutical Products, Inc., Consolidated Defendants.

Jeanne E. Demers, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, LLP, Boston, MA, for Aventis Pharmacy, Defendant.

John C. Dodds, Morgan Lewis & Boskius, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Pharmacia & Upjohn, Inc., Pharmacia Corp., Pfizer, Inc., Consolidated Defendants.

Lloyd Donders Kirby, McInerney & Squire, New York, NY, for Suffolk County (N.Y.), Plaintiff.

Alan J. Droste, Pillsbury Winthrop, Mesa, CA, for Gensia Sicor Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Defendant.

Dennis M. Duggan, Jr., Nixon Peabody, LLP, Boston, MA, for Alpha Therapeutic Corporation, Defendant.

Kimberly A. Dunne, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, Los Angeles, CA, for Baxter Pharmaceutical Products, Inc., Consolidated Defendant.

Thomas E. Dwyer, Jr., Dwyer & Collora, LLP, Boston, MA, for Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Oncology Therapeutics Network Corp., Defendants.

Marc H. Edelson, Hoffman & Edelson, Doylestown, PA, for United Food & Commercial Workers Unions and Employers Midest Health Benefits Fund, Consolidated Plaintiff.

Mitchell Edwards, Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Pharmacia & Upjohn, Inc., Pharmacia Corp., Defendants.

Steven M. Edwards, Hogan & Hartson, LLP, New York, NY, for Oncology Therapeutics Network Corp., Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Apothecon, Consolidated Defendants.

Robert G. Eisler, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, New York, NY, for Citizens for Consumer Justice, Colorado Progressive Coalition, Congress of California Seniors, Florida Alliance for Retired Americans, Health Care For All, Massachusetts Senior Action Council, Masspirg, Minnesota Senior Federation, New Jersey Citizen Action, New York State Wide Senior Action Council, Pennsylvania Alliance For Retired Americans, Vermont Public Interest Research Group, West Virginia Citizen Action, Wisconsin Citizen Action, Plaintiffs.

Bruce E. Falby, Piper Rudnick LLP, Boston, MA, for Sicor, Inc., Defendant.

Douglas Farquhar, Hyman, Phelps & McNamara, P.C., Washington, DC, for Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Defendant.

Eric B. Fastiff, Leiff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Citizen Action of New York, Connecticut Citizen Action Group, Gray Panthers of Sacramento, Health Action of New Mexico, Maine Consumers for Affordable Health Care, North Carolina Fair Share, Oregon Health Action Campaign, Oregon State Public Interest Research Group, United Senior Action of Indiana, Inc., Betty Sicher, Jack Douglas, Joan S. Lee, John Bennett, Pearl Munic, Sue Miles, Plaintiffs.

Anastasia M. Fernands, Goodwin Procter LLP, Boston, MA, for Allergan Worldwide, Bayer, AG, Defendants.

Elizabeth S. Finberg, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, LLP, Washington, DC, for Sicor, Inc., Defendant.

Kathryn C. Finnerty, Pittsburgh, PA, for Mylan Laboratories, Inc., Defendant.

Matthew A. Fischer, Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, San Francisco, CA, for Oncology Therapeutics Network Corp., Defendant.

Michael J. Flannery, The David Danis Law Firm, P.C., St. Louis, MO, for Citizens for Consumer Justice, Colorado Progressive Coalition, Congress of California Seniors, Florida Alliance for Retired Americans, Health Care For All, Massachusetts Senior Action Council, Masspirg, Minnesota Senior Federation, New Jersey Citizen Action, New York State Wide Senior Action Council, Pennsylvania Alliance For Retired Americans, Vermont Public Interest Research Group, West Virginia Citizen Action, Wisconsin Citizen Action, All Plaintiffs, Plaintiffs.

Lucy Fowler, Foley Hoag LLP, Boston, for Astrazeneca PLC, All Defendants, Centocor, Inc., Janssen Pharmaceuticals products, L.P., Johnson & Johnson, McNeil-PPC, Inc., Ortho Biotech Products, L.P., Consolidated Defendants.

Brian V. Frankel, Department of Justice, California Bureau of Medi-Cal Fraud and Elder Abuse, San Diego, CA, for State of California, Plaintiff.

Todd G. Friedland, Pillsbury Winthrop, Mesa, CA, for Gensia Sicor Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Defendant.

Jeffrey S. Friedman, Silverman & McDonald, Wilmington, DE, for Leroy Townsend, Consolidated Plaintiff.

Scott Garland, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Arthur F. Golden, Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York, NY, for Astrazeneca US, Defendant.

Evan Georgopoulos, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Boston, MA, for Mylan Laboratories, Inc., Defendant.

David C. Giardina, David F. Graham, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, Chicago, IL, for Allergan Worldwide, Bayer Corp., Defendants.

Alison C. Gilbert, Hogan & Hartson, LLP, New York, NY, for Oncology Therapeutics Network Corp., Defendant.

Karen F. Green, Wilmer Cutler, Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Boston, MA, for Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Defendant.

Gary R. Greenberg, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Boston, MA, for Mylan Laboratories, Inc., Defendant.

Daniel E. Gustafson, Heins Mills & Olson, P.L.C., Minneapolis, MN, for Action Alliance of Senior Citizens of Greater Philadelphia, United Food & Commercial Workers Unions and Employers Midest Health Benefits Fund, Consolidated Plaintiffs.

Erik Haas, Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler LLP, New York, NY, for Centocor, Inc., Janssen Pharmaceuticals products, L.P., Johnson & Johnson, McNeil-PPC, Inc., Ortho Biotech Products, L.P., Consolidated Defendants.

Elizabeth I. Hack, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, LLP, Washington, DC, for Sicor, Inc., Defendant.

Blake M. Harper, San Diego, CA, for Action Alliance of Senior Citizens of Greater Philadelphia, Twin Cities Baker Workers Health & Welfare Fund, United Food & Commercial Workers Unions and Employers Midest Health Benefits Fund, Consolidated Plaintiffs.

Kimberley D. Harris, Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York, NY, for Astrazeneca US, Defendant.

Elizabeth Fegan Hartweg, Kenneth A. Wexler & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Action Alliance of Senior Citizens of Greater Philadelphia, Twin Cities Baker Workers Health & Welfare Fund, United Food & Commercial Workers Unions and Employers Midest Health Benefits Fund, Consolidated Plaintiffs.

Reed Elliott Harvey, Pillsbury Winthrop, Mesa, CA, for Gensia Sicor Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Sicor, Inc., Defendants.

Kirke M. Hasson, Pillsbury Winthrop LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Gensia Sicor Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Sicor, Inc., Defendants.

Joseph Ernest, Haviland Dwyer & Collora, LLP, Boston, MA, for Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Defendant.

James Vincent Hayes, Williams & Connolly, LLP, Washington, DC, for Abbott Laboratories, Apothecon, Baxter Healthcare Corp., Baxter International, Inc., Berlax Laboratories, Inc., Biogen, Inc., Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Centocor, Inc., Dey LP, Forest Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Fujisawa Healthcare, Inc., Fujisawa USA, Inc., Gensia Sicor Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Glaxosmithkline, Janssen Pharmaceuticals products, L.P., Johnson & Johnson, Merck & Co., Inc., Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Oncology Therapeutics Network Corp., Ortho Biotech Products, L.P., Purdue Pharma L.P., Reliant Pharmaceauticals, LLC, Sanofi-Synthelabo, Inc., Sicor, Inc., Defendants.

George B. Henderson, United States Attorney's Office, Boston, MA, for All Plaintiffs, Plaintiff.

Colleen M. Hennessey, Peabody & Arnold LLP, Boston, MA, for Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc., Sanofi-Synthelabo, Inc., Defendants.

Mary Ellen Hennessy, Katten Muchin & Zavis, Chicago, IL, for Fujisawa USA, Inc., Fujisawa Healthcare, Inc., Defendants.

Frederick G. Herold, Dechert LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Howard A. Smithline, Glaxosmithkline, PLC, Defendants.

Nicola R. Heskett, Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP, Kansas City, MO, for Aventis Pharma, Aventis Pharmacy, Hoechst Marion Roussel, Inc., Hoescht Marion Roussel, Inc., Defendants.

Robert J. Higgins, Dickstein, Shapiro & Morin, Washington, DC, for Baxter International, Inc., Defendant.

Robert B. Hubbell, Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe, Los Angeles, CA, for Glaxosmithkline, Consolidated Defendant.

Stephen M. Hudspeth, Coudert Brothers, New York, NY, for Dey LP, Defendant.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

SARIS, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

The States of Montana and Nevada allege that pharmaceutical manufacturers fraudulently overstate the published "average wholesale prices" ("AWP's") of many of their prescription drugs to the detriment of the States, which reimburse providers based on AWP's, and their citizens, who make co-payments based on AWP's either as part of Medicare...

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