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F.T.C. v. SHIRE VIROPHARMA, INC.

No. 18-1807.

917 F.3d 147 (2019)

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Appellant v. SHIRE VIROPHARMA, INC.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed: February 25, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradley S. Albert , Meredyth Andrus , Thomas J. Dillickrath , Matthew M. Hoffman [ARGUED], June Im , Nicholas Leefer , Joel R. Marcus , Joseph Mathias , James H. Weingarten , Federal Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20580, Counsel for Appellant.

J. Clayton Everett, Jr. , Scott A. Stempel , Morgan Lewis & Bockius, 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 800 North, Washington, DC 20004, Noah J. Kaufman , Morgan Lewis & Bockius, One Federal Street, Boston, MA 02110, Steven A. Reed [ARGUED], Jessica J. Taticchi , Morgan Lewis & Bockius, 1701 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103, Counsel for Appellee.

George P. Slover , Consumers Union, 1101 17th Street, N.W., Suite 500, Washington, DC 20036, Counsel for Amicus Appellant.

Richard A. Samp , Washington Legal Foundation, 2009 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20036, Counsel for Amicus Appellee.

Before: SMITH, Chief Judge, McKEE, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Shire ViroPharma, Inc. ("Shire"),1 manufactured and marketed the lucrative drug Vancocin, which is indicated to treat a life-threatening gastrointestinal infection. After Shire got wind that manufacturers were considering making generic equivalents to Vancocin, it inundated...

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