IN RE PHARM. INDUSTRY AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICE

No. 1456, No. CIV.A. 01-12257-PBS, CIV.A. 05-12492-PBS, CIV.A. 05-12493-PBS, CIV.A. 05-12494-PBS, CIV.A. 05-12495-PBS, CIV.A. 05-12496-PBS, CIV.A. 05-12497-PBS, CIV.A. 05-12498-PBS.

431 F.Supp.2d 98 (2006)

In re PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICE LITIGATION This Document Relates to: People of the State of Illinois v. Abbott Laboratories et al. Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Alpharma, Inc. et al. Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Abbott Laboratories, Inc. Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Warrick Pharmaceuticals Corporation et al. People of the State of New York v. Pharmacia Corporation People of The State of New York v. Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. People of the State of New York v. GlaxoSmithKline, P.L.C. et al.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

March 13, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey B. Aaronson, Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, Chicago, IL, for Baxter International, Inc., Defendant.

Justin S. Antonipillai, Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC, for Ethex Corporation, Defendant.

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

Megan M. Auchincloss, Morrison & Foerster LLP, Denver, CO, for Purdue Pharma L.P., 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.

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., Pharmacia Corp., Defendants.

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

Jessica Vincent Barnett, Foley Hoag LLP, Boston, MA, for Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Defendant.

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

Terrianne Benedetto, Kline & Specter, Philadelphia, PA, for International Union of Operating Engineers, Local No. 68 Welfare Fund, Consolidated Plaintiff.

Susan Aaronson, Kline & Specter, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, 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 Sobol Shapiro LLP, Seattle, WA, for Shirley Geller, State of Nevada, State of Montana, All Plaintiffs, Government Employees Hospital Association, Pipefitters Local 537 Trust Funds, 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.

Adelina O. Berumen, California Department of Justice, Bureau of Medi-Cal Fraud, San Diego, CA, for State of California, Plaintiff.

Aimee E. Bierman, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP, Boston, MA, for Aventis Behring LLC, Hoechst Marion Roussel, Inc., Aventis Pharma, Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc., Hoescht Marion Roussel, Inc., Sanofi-Synthelabo, Inc., Defendants.

Brandon L. Bigelow, Bingham McCutchen LLP, Boston, MA, for Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, Inc., Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, Limited, Consolidated Defendants.

Scott A. Birnbaum, Birnbaum & Godkin, LLP, Boston, MA, for Ethex Corporation, Defendant.

Sheila L. Birnbaum, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, New York, NY, for Schering-Plough Corp., Warrick Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Consolidated Defendants.

Sam B. Blair, Jr., Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell, & Berkowitz, P.C., Memphis, TN, for Monarch Pharmaceuticals, Inc., King Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Defendants.

Jack B. Blumenfeld, Morris, Nichols, Arsht, & Tunnell, Wilmington, DE, for Astrazeneca PLC, Consolidated Defendant.

Thomas L. Boeder, Perkins Cole, 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.

Jeniphr Breckenridge, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro, LLP, Seattle, WA, for All Plaintiffs, Plaintiff.

James J. Breen, The Breen Law Firm, P.A., Alpharetta, GA, for Ven-A-Care of the Florida Keys, Inc., State of California, Plaintiffs.

Julie B. Brennan, Manchel & Brennan, P.C., Newton, MA, for UnitedHealthcare, Inc. & United HealthCare Insurance Company, Unknown.

Douglas S. Brooks, Kelly, Libby & Hoopes, PC, Boston, MA, for Amgen Inc., Defendant.

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, County of Nassau, Consolidated Plaintiffs.

Brett R. Budzinski, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Boston, MA, for Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Defendant.

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 LLP, Seattle, WA, for Immunex Corp., Defendant.

William F. Burns, Glassman Edwards Wade & Wyatt, PC, Memphis, TN, for John V. Digel, Consolidated Plaintiff.

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

William P. Campos, Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold LLP, New York, NY, for Organon Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., Defendant.

James P. Carroll, Jr., New York, NY, for Suffolk County (N.Y.), Plaintiff.

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

Ronald L. Castle, Arent, Fox PLLC, 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., Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems, Inc., Ortho McNeil Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Ortho-Neutrogena, Defendants.

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

Eric P. Christofferson, Ropes & Gray, LLP, Boston, MA, for Schering-Plough, Corp, Warrick Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Genzyme Corporation, Defendants.

Joanne M. Cicala, New York, NY, for Suffolk County (N.Y.), County of Westchester, County of Rockland, County of Onondaga, The City of New York, County of Chenango, County of Cortland, County of Dutchess, County of Lewis, County of Ontario, County of Orleans, County of Schuyler, County of Seneca, Essex County, The County of Columbia, Consolidated Plaintiffs.

Toni-Ann Citera, Jones Day, New York, NY, for Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Laboratories, Inc., TAP Pharmaceutical Products, Inc., Defendants.

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

Stephen L. Coco, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi LLP., Boston, MA, for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Inc., Interested Party.

Barak Cohen, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, DC, for Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Consolidated Defendant.

Jonathan D Cohen, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Boston, for Mylan Laboratories, Inc., King Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Monarch Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Inc., UDL Laboratories, Inc., Mylan Laboratories, Inc., Defendants.

Nathan Cohen, Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, NY, for Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Defendant.

Jeremy P. Cole, Jones Day, Chicago, IL, for Abbott Laboratories, Defendant.

Robert Christopher Cook, Jones Day, Washington, DC, for Abbott Laboratories, Defendant.

Michael Coons, Kirby McInerney & Squire LLP, New York, NY, for Suffolk County (N.Y.), County of Dutchess, Consolidated Plaintiffs.

Richard M. Cooper, Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, DC, for Par Pharmaceutical, Inc., Defendant.

Cara E. Corbett, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi LLP, Boston, MA, for Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc., Defendant.

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

Richard J. Costa, NYC Law Department, New York, NY, for The City of New York, Consolidated Plaintiff.

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

David M. Covey, Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold LLP, New York, NY, for Organon Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., Defendant.

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

Florence A Crisp, Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York, NY, for Astrazeneca PLC, Consolidated Defendant.

Wayne A. Cross, White & Case LLP, New York, NY, for Sandoz, Inc., Defendant.

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

Christopher J. Cunio, Cooley, Manion, & Jones, LLP, Boston, MA, for ICN Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Defendant.

Joseph Danis, The David Danis Law Firm, P.C., St. Loius, 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.

Kelly J. Davidson, Ober, Kaler, Grimes, & Shriver, A Professional Corporation, Baltimore, MD, for Wyeth, Defendant.

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

Michael DeMarco, Foley & Lardner, LLP, Washington, DC, for Aventis Behring LLC, Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc., Sanofi-Synthelabo, Inc., Defendants.

Frankie Sue Del Papa, Attorney General's Office, Carson City, NV, for State of Nevada, Plaintiff.

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

Stephen R. Delinsky, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, Boston, MA, for Par Pharmaceutical, Inc., Defendant.

Jeanne E. Demers, Foley & Lardner, LLP, Washington, DC, for Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc., Defendant.

Steven S. Diamond, Arnold & Porter LLP, Washington, DC, for Ethex Corporation, Defendant.

Sheryl L. Dickey, White & Casey LLP, New York, NY, for Sandoz, Inc., Defendant.

Nada Djordjevic, Jenner & Block, LLP, Chicago, IL, for Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, Inc., Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, Limited, Consolidated Defendants.

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.), County of Rockland, Consolidated Plaintiffs.

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

Rebecca L. Dubin, Arnold & Porter LLP, Washington, DC, for Gilead Sciences, Inc., Defendant.

Paul K Dueffert, William & Connolly, LLP, Washington, DC, for Par Pharmaceutical, Inc., Defendant.

James J. Duffy, Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York, NY, for Astrazeneca PLC, Consolidated 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., Bristol-Myers Squibb Company a/k/a Bristol-Myers Oncology Division/Hiv Products, Intervenor 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.

Jacob T. Elberg, Dwyer & Collora, LLP, Boston, MA, for Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Oncology Therapeutics Network Corp., Defendants.

G. Scott Emblidge, Moscone, Emblidge & Quadra, San Francisco, CA, for Constance Thompson, Plaintiff.

William A. Escobar, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, New York, NY, for Dey, Inc., Defendant.

Lisa A. Estrada, Arent Fox PLLC, Washington, DC, for Chiron, Defendant.

John Clayton Everett, Jr., Morgan, Lewis, & Bockius LLP, Washington, DC, for Pfizer, Inc., Pharmacia, Inc., Defendants.

Bruce E. Falby, DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary U.S. LLP, Boston, MA, for Sicor, Inc., Defendant.

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

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.

David D. Fauvre, Arnold & Porter LLP, Washington, DC, for Endo Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Defendant.

Joseph B.G. Fay, Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Pharmacia & Upjohn, Inc., Pharmacia Corp., Defendants.

Brian G. Fedotin, Shook, Hardy, & Bacon LLP., Kansas City, MO, for A.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

SARIS, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

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