IN RE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICE LITIGATION

MDL No. 1456, Master File No. 01-12257-PBS, Civil Action No. 05-11084-PBS.

498 F.Supp.2d 389 (2007)

In re PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICE LITIGATION. This document relates to: United States of America ex rel. Ven-A-Care of the Florida Keys, Inc., Plaintiff, v. Dey, Inc., et al., Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

July 17, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth M. Resnik, Stern, Shapiro, Weissberg & Garin, George B. Henderson, United States Attorney's Office, Boston, MA, Gejaa T. Gobena, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Jenipher Breckenridge, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro, Seattle, WA, for Plaintiff.

Nicole Y. Brumsted, Lieff Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, Boston, MA, for Citizens for Consumer Justice.

John Anthony, Bruegger Simmons Cooper, LLC, East Alton, IL, Kenneth J. Brennan, SimmonsCooper LLC, East Alton, IL, for Edward West.

Michael M. Buchman, Milbert, Weiss, Bershad, Hynes & Lerach, LLP, New York City, for Colorado Progressive Coalition.

Jeffrey B. Aaronson, Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, Chicago, IL, Neil Alden, Curtis Bergen, Bowman and Brooke, Phoenix, AZ, Jason Bruno Dickstein, Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky, LLP, Washington, DC, for Baxter Healthcare Corp.

Bill L. Bryant, Jr., Akerman Senterfitt, Tallahassee, FL, for Boehringer Ingelheim Intern. GMBH.

Patrick M. Bryan, Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, Washington, DC, Scott A. Barbour, McName, Lochner, Titus & Williams, Albany, NY, Neville H. Boschert, Watkins, Ludlam, Winter & Stennis, P.S., Jackson, MS, for Ivax Corp.

Raymond L. Brown, Brown, Buchanan & Sessoms, PA, Pascagoula, MS, for Asterazenca LP.

Marc E. Ackerman, Harris Beach LLP, New York City, Brian L. Bank, White & Case LLP, New York City, for Sandoz, Inc.

Joseph G. Adams, Snell & Willmer, LLP, Phoenix, AZ, for Pharmacia & Upjohn, Inc.

Pamela Zorn Adams, Sherin and Lodgen, Boston, NA, for Gensia Sicor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Kenneth W. African, Harter, Serest Law, Buffalo, NYT, for Alergan, Inc.

Kevin N. Ainsworth, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.S., New York, NT, P. Ryan Beckett, Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada, Jackson, MS, for Eli Lilly and Co.

George Ian Brandon, Sr., Squire Sanders & Dempsey, LLP, Phoenox, AZ, for Apothecon, Inc.

Ali Bovingdon, Helena, MT, for State of Montana.

Felix Lee Bowie, III, Davidson, Bowie & Sims, PLLC, Jackson, MS, for Wyeth.

Melanie Matison, Anthony J. Anscombe, Brown Sedgwick, Detert Moran & Arnold, Chicago, IL, for Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

Ross B. Brooks, Milberg Weiss & Bershad, LLP, New York, NY, for County of Nassau.

Douglas S. Brooks, Kelly, Libby & Hoopes, PC, Boston, MA, Steven F. Barley, Hogan & Hartson, LLP, Baltimore, MD, for Amgen, Inc.

Charlie Bridgmon, McCutchen, Balnton, Rhodes & Johnson, Columbia, SC, for State for South Carolina.

Julie B. Brennan, Manchel & Brennan, Newton, MA, for United Healthcare, Inc., United Healthcare Ins Co.

Thomas W. Breidenstein, Barrett & Weber, Cincinnati., OH, for State of Ohio.

Brooks A. Ames, Piper Rudnick Gray Cary, Boston, MA, for Cardinal Health, Inc.

James J. Breen, Breen Law Firm, Alpharetta, GA, C. Jarrett Anderson, Anderson LLC, Austin, TX, Gary L. Azorsky, Berger & Montagued, Philadelphia, PA, for Ven-A-Care of Florida Keys, Inc.

Justin S. Antonipillai, Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC, For Ethex Corp.

Melissa Aoyagi Davis, Polk & Wardwell, New York, NY, Jessica Vincent, Michael P. Boudett, Barnett Foley Hoag, LLP, Boston, MA, Jack B. Blumenfield, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, DE, for Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals, LP.

Thomas L. Boeder, Perkins Coie, Seattle, WA, Lawrence D. Berger, Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll, Philadelphia, PA, for Immunex Corp.

Anthony Bolognese, Bolognese & Associates, Philadelphia, PA, for United Food & Commercial Workers Union and Employers Midwest Health Benefits Fund.

Nancy M. Bonnell, Phoenix, AZ, Elizabeth M. Bergen, Gibson, McAskill Law Firm, Buffalo, NY, Rex Blackburn, Blackburn & Jones, Boise, ID, for Abbott Laboratories.

Martin A. Aronson, Morrill & Aronson, Phoenix, AZ, for Fujisawa Healthcare, Inc.

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

Susan Hughes, Banning Hemenway, Boston, MA, for Neighborhood Health Plan, Inc.

Mitchell J. Banas, Jr., Jaeckle Fleischmann & Mugel, LLP, Buffalo, NY, for Biogen Idec, Inc.

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

Pamela J. Auerbachm, Kirkland & Ellis, LLC, Washington, DC, for Barr Laboratories, Inc.

Jennifer Aurora, Sedgvvick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, LLP, New York, NY, for Organon Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.

Violet I. Balan, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, LLP, Chicago, IL, for Johnson & Johnson.

Anita Bapooji Ryan, Robert P. Blood, Goodwin Procter, LLP, Boston, MA, for TAP Pharmaceuticals Products, Inc.

Jason E. Baranski, Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Pharmacia & Upjohn, Inc.

Elise M. Bloom, Edwin Baum, Proskauer, Rose Law Firm, New York, NY, for Biovail Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Jon Steven Baughman, Stacy D. Belf, Ropes & Gray LLP, Washington, DC, Daniel J. Bennett, Ropes & Gray LLP, Boston, MA, Sheila L. Birnbaum, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, New York, NY, for Schering-Plough Corp.

Charles Barnhill, Miner, Barnhill & Galland, Madision, WI, for Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Christopher K. Barry-Smith, Office of Atty. Gen., Boston, MA, for State of Mass.

S. Paul Battaglia, Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC, Syracuse, NY, for Par Pharmaceutical, Inc.

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

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

Mark A. Berman, Hartmann, Doherty Rosa & Berman, LLC, Hackensack, NJ, for Berlax Laboratories, Inc.

Steve W. Berman, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro, LLP, Seattle, WA, for Shirley Geller.

David J. Bershad, Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach LLP, New York, NY, for Citizens for Consumer Justice.

Adelina O. Berumen, Cal. Dept. of Justice, San Diego, CA, for State of Cal.

Aimee E. Bierman, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis, LLP, Boston, MA, for Aventis Behring LLC.

Brandon L. Bigelow, Bingham McCutchen, LLP, Boston, MA, for Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, Inc.

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

Donald Wayne Bivens, Meyer Hendricks & Bivens, PA, Phoenix, AZ, for Dey, Inc.

Steven E. Bizar, Buchanan Ingersoll, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, for Amerisource-Bergen Corp.

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

Lynn M. Blake, Friedman, Hirschen Law Firm, Albany, NY, for Eisai, Inc., Genzyme Corp.

Zackary T. Bentley, pro se.

T. Mark Jones, pro se.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

SARIS, District Judge.

INTRODUCTION

The United States brings this action under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq., seeking to recover losses to the Medicare and Medicaid programs caused by allegedly fraudulent average wholesale prices for generic drugs reported by defendants Dey, Inc., Dey L.P., Inc., and Dey L.P. (collectively "Dey").

Relator Ven-A-Care filed its qui tam complaint...

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