IN RE EPIPEN (EPINEPHRINE INJECTION, USP)

No. 21-3005.

44 F.4th 959 (2022)

IN RE: EPIPEN (EPINEPHRINE INJECTION, USP) MARKETING, SALES PRACTICES AND ANTITRUST LITIGATION. Sanofi-Aventis U.S., LLC, Plaintiff Counterclaim Defendant-Appellant, v. Mylan, Inc., Defendant-Appellee, and Mylan Specialty, LP, Defendant Counterclaimant-Appellee. Open Markets Institute; American Antitrust Institute; Allergy & Asthma Network; the Committee to Support the Antitrust Laws; Pharmaceutical Care Management Association; International Center for Law & Economics and Scholars of Law and Economics; The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America; J. Gregory Sidak, Amici Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

FILED July 29, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory Silbert of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, New York ( Yehudah L. Buchweitz , Eric S. Hochstadt , Joshua Halpern of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, New York and Washington, D.C., with him on the briefs), for Plaintiff Counterclaim Defendant-Appellant.

Roy T. Englert, Jr. ( Philip A. Sechler , Lee Turner Friedman , Ralph C. Mayrell , John B. Goerlich with him on the brief) of Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck & Untereiner LLP, Washington, D.C., for Defendant Counterclaimant-Appellee.

Sandeep Vaheesan of Open Markets Institute, Washington, D.C.; David Seligman of Towards Justice, Denver, Colorado, for Amicus Curiae Open Markets Institute.

Randy M. Stutz of American Antitrust Institute, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae American Antitrust Institute.

Joseph D. Adamson of Lane Powell PC, Seattle, Washington, for Amicus Curiae Allergy & Asthma Network.

Deborah A. Elman of Grant & Eisenhofer, P.A., New York, New York; Archana Tamoshunas of Taus, Cebulash & Landau, LLP, New York, New York; Swathi Bojedla of Hausfeld LLP, Washington, D.C.; Gary I. Smith, Jr. of Hausfeld LLP, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for Amicus Curiae The Committee to Support the Antitrust Laws.

John S. Linehan of Pharmaceutical Care Management Association, Washington, D.C.; Ruthanne M. Deutsch and Hyland Hunt of Deutsch Hunt PLLC, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae Pharmaceutical Care Management Association.

Aaron M. Panner , Jayme L. Weber and Hannah D. Carlin of Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C., Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae International Center for Law & Economics and Scholars of Law and Economics.

Daryl Joseffer and Paul Lettow of U.S. Chamber Litigation Center, Washington, D.C.; Seth P. Waxman , Leon B. Greenfield and David M. Lehn of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America.

J. Gregory Sidak , Golden Oak, Florida; Jeffrey A. Lamken , Lucas M. Walker , Lauren M. Weinstein and Kenneth E. Notter III of MoloLamken LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae J. Gregory Sidak.

Before MORITZ, BALDOCK, and EID, Circuit Judges.


"Competition is a tough weed, not a delicate flower." — George Stigler

Despite the extraordinary length of this opinion, this appeal presents a simple question. Can a plaintiff present a triable issue of monopolization without offering any evidence of actual or threatened consumer harm? We conclude such...

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