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UPJOHN MFG. CO. v. SCHWEIKER

No. K81-114 CA4.

520 F.Supp. 58 (1981)

The UPJOHN MANUFACTURING COMPANY and The Upjohn Company, Plaintiffs, v. Richard S. SCHWEIKER, Secretary of Health & Human Services, and Arthur Hull Hayes, Jr., M.D., Commissioner of Food & Drugs, Defendants.

United States District Court, W. D. Michigan, S. D.

July 2, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas G. Parachini, James G. Vantine, Jr., Kalamazoo, Mich., Stanley L. Temko, Herbert Dym, Terry Coleman, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs.

Robert C. Greene, U. S. Atty., Grand Rapids, Mich., J. Patrick Glynn, Gerald C. Kell, Eileen Kaufman, Consumer Affairs Section, Antitrust Div., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Jeffrey B. Springer, Forrest T. Patterson, Jeffrey N. Gibbs, FDA, Rockville, Md., for defendants.

Norman Bristol, Kalamazoo, Mich., James M. Johnstone, Tom Kirby, III, Philip H. Hecht, Washington, D. C., amicus curiae.

OPINION

BENJAMIN F. GIBSON, District Judge.

This case involves the licensing of drug manufacturers to produce and market drugs. Plaintiffs in this action challenge the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) approval of a New Drug Application (NDA) by Boots Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Boots) to manufacture and distribute a drug called ibuprofen using the trademark Rufen, which Upjohn markets using the trademark Motrin. Ibuprofen is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory...

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