ABBOTT LABORATORIES v. TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS USA, INC.

Nos. CIV.A. 02-1512-KAJ, CIV.A. 03-120-KAJ, CIV.A. 05-340-KAJ, CIV.A. 05-360-KAJ.

432 F.Supp.2d 408 (2006)

ABBOTT LABORATORIES, an Illinois corporation, Fournier Industrie et Sante, a French corporation, and Laboratoires Fournier S.A., a French corporation, Plaintiffs, v. TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS USA, INC., a Delaware Corporation, Defendant. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited, an Israeli corporation, and Novopharm, Ltd., a Canadian corporation, Counterclaim— Plaintiffs, v. Abbott Laboratories, an Illinois corporation, Fournier Industrie et Sante, a French corporation, and Laboratoires Fournier S.A., a French corporation, Counterclaim-Defendants. Abbott Laboratories, an Illinois corporation, Fournier Industrie et Sante, a French corporation, and Laboratoires Fournier S.A., a French corporation, Plaintiffs, v. Impax Laboratories, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Defendant. Impax Laboratories, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Counterclaim-Plaintiff v. Abbott Laboratories, an Illinois corporation, Fournier Industrie et Sante, a French corporation, and Laboratoires Fournier S.A., a French corporation, Counterclaim-Defendants. In re TriCor Direct Purchaser Antitrust Litigation This Document Relates to: all Actions In re TriCor Indirect Purchaser Antitrust Litigation This Document Relates to: all Actions

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

May 26, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary B. Graham, Esq., Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, DE, Of Counsel: William F. Cavanaugh, Jr., Esq., Eugene M. Gelernter, Esq., Chad J. Peterman, Esq., Alexis A. Gander, Esq., Patterson, Belknap, Webb Tyler LLP, New York, NY, Counsel for Abbott Laboratories.

Frederick L. Cottrell, III, Esq., Anne Shea Gaza, Esq., Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, DE, Of Counsel: Steven C. Sunshine, Esq., Maria M. DiMoscato, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, Washington, DC, Matthew P. Hendrickson, Esq., Bradley J. Demuth, Esq., Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, New York, NY, Timothy C. Bickham, Esq., Steptoe, Johnson LLP, Washington, DC, Counsel for Fournier Industrie et Sante, and Laboratoires Fournier, S.A.

Josy W. Ingersoll, Esq., John W. Shaw, Esq., Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE, Of Counsel: David M. Hashmall, P.C., Goodwin Procter LLP, New York, NY, Bruce M. Gagala, Esq., M. Daniel Hefner, Esq., Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd., Chicago, IL, Kenneth A. Cohen, Esq., Elaine Herrmann Blais, Esq., Christopher Holding, Esq., Goodwin Procter LLP, Boston, MA, Counsel for Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. and Novopharm, Ltd.

Richard K. Herrmann, Esq., Mary B. Matterer, Esq., Morris, James, Hitchens & Williams LLP, Wilmington, DE, Of Counsel: Mark A. Umley, Esq., Asim M. Bhansali, Esq., Paula L. Blizzard, Esq., Keker and Van Nest LLP, San Francisco, CA, Philip J. McCabe, Esq., Kenyon & Kenyon, San Jose, CA, C. Kyle Musgrove, Esq., Kenyon & Kenyon, Washington, DC, John C. Vetter, Esq., Kenyon & Kenyon, New York, NY, Counsel for Impax Laboratories, Inc.

Jeffrey S. Goddess, Esq., Rosenthal, Monhait Gross & Goddess; P.A., Wilmington, DE, Of Counsel: Bruce E. Gerstein, Esq., Barry S. Taus, Esq., Adam Steinfeld, Esq., Garwin, Gerstein & Fisher, L.L.P., New York, NY, Stuart E. Des Roches, Esq., Odom, & Des Roches, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, Linda P. Nussbaum, Esq., Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll P.L.L.C., New York, NY, David P. Smith, Esq., Percy, Smith & Foote, Alexandria, LA, Daniel Berger, Esq., David Sorensen, Esq., Berger & Montague, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, Donald L. Bilgore, Esq., Bilgore, Reich, Levine & Kantor, Rochester, NY, Sperling & Slater, Daar & Vanek, P.C., Chicago, IL, Liaison Counsel for Director Purchaser Class.

Elizabeth M. McGeever, Esq., Prickett, Jones, Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE, Of Counsel: Richard Alan Arnold, Esq., Scott E. Perwin, Esq., Lauren C. Ravkind, Esq., Kenny Nachwalter, P.A., Miami, FL, Steve D. Shadowen, Esq., Hangley Aronchick Segal & Pudlin, Harrisburg, PA, Joseph T. Lukens, Esq., Esq., Hangley Aronchick Segal & Pudlin, Philadelphia, PA, Counsel for CVS and Walgreen.

Jonathan L. Parshall, Esq., Murphy Spadaro & Landon, Wilmington, DE, Counsel for Pacificare Health Systems, Inc.

Pamela S. Tikellis, Esq., Robert J. Kriner, Jr., Esq., A. Zachary Naylor, Esq., Robert R. Davis, Esq., Chimicles & Tikellis LLP, Wilmington, DE, Of Counsel: Bernard Persky, Esq., Christopher J. Mc-Donald, Esq., Kellie C., Safer, Esq., Labaton Scharow & Rudoff LLP, New York, NY, Bryan L. Clobes, Esq., William R. Kane, Esq., Miller Faucher and Cafferty LLP, Philadelphia, PA, Patrick E. Cafferty, Esq., Miller Faucher and Cafferty LLP, Ann Arbor, MI, Marvin A. Miller, Esq., Jennifer W. Sprengel, Esq., Miller Faucher and Cafferty LLP, Chicago, IL, Jeffrey L. Kodroff, Esq., Theodore M. Lieverman, Esq., Simon B. Paris, Esq., Spector, Roseman & Kodroff, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, Thomas M. Sobol, Esq., David S. Nalvin, Esq., Gergory H. Matthews, Esq., Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Cambridge, MA, Steve W. Berman, Esq., Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Seattle, WA, Liaison Counsel for the Indirect Purchasers.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

JORDAN, District Judge.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

  I. INTRODUCTION ........................................................413

 II. BACKGROUND...........................................................413



  A. Generic Drugs and the Operation of the Hatch-Waxman Act...............414
  B. Defendants' Anticompetitive Conduct...................................415
     1. The...

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