IN RE LUPRON MARKETING AND SALES PRACTICES LIT.

No. MDL 1430. Master File No. 01-CV-10861-RGS.

345 F.Supp.2d 135 (2004)

In re: LUPRON® MARKETING AND SALES PRACTICES LITIGATION

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

November 24, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen D. Annand, Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll, Washington, DC, for William M. Porter, Plaintiff.

Anita B. Bapooji, Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP, Boston, MA, for TAP Pharmaceutical Products, Inc., Defendant.

Deborah S. Birnbach, Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP, Boston, MA, for TAP Pharmaceutical Products, Inc., Defendant.

Richard W. Cohen, Lowey Dannenberg Bemporad & Slelinger, P.C., White Plains, NY, for Cobalt Corp., Plaintiff.

Laura D. Cullison, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL, for Abbott Laboratories, Defendant.

Daniel A. Curto, McDermott, Will & Emery LLP, Boston, MA, for Abbott Laboratories, Defendant.

James R. Daly, Jones, Day, Chicago, IL, for TAP Pharmaceutical Products, Inc., Defendant.

Michael J. Flannery, The David Danis Law Firm, P.C., St. Louis, MO, for William M. Porter, Plaintiff.

Monica Meier Franceschini, Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP, Boston, MA, for TAP Pharmaceutical Products, Inc., Defendant.

Donald R. Frederico, McDermott, Will & Emery, Boston, MA, for Abbott Laboratories, Defendant.

Marlene F. Gibbons, Cohen Milstein Hasufeld & Toll, Washington, DC, for William M. Porter, Plaintiff.

Michael D. Hausfeld, Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll, Washington, DC, for William M. Porter, Plaintiff.

Donald E. Haviland, Kline & Specter, Philadelphia, PA, for Milton Greene, Valerie Samsell, Intervenor Plaintiffs.

Joseph D. Jackson, Jr., Baxley, Dillard, Dauphin, McKnight & Barclift, Birmingham, AL, for Liberty National Life Ins. Co., United American Ins. Co., Plaintiffs.

Jeffrey L. Kodroff, Spector & Roseman, Philadelphia, PA, for William M. Porter, Plaintiff.

George Lombard!, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL, for Abbott Laboratories, Defendant.

Lisa M. Mezzetti, Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll, Washington, DC, for William M. Porter, Plaintiff.

Martin F. Murphy, Bingham McCutchen LLP, Boston, MA, for Takeda Chemical Industries, Defendant.

Ronald J. Ranta, Beverly, MA, for Milton Greene, Valerie Samsell, Intervenor Plaintiffs.

Rheba Rutkowski, Bingham McCutchen LLP, Boston, MA, for Takeda Chemical Industries, Defendant.

Joseph F. Savage, Jr., Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP, Boston, MA, for TAP Pharmaceutical Products, Inc., Abbott Laboratories, Takeda Chemical Industries, Defendants.

Todd A. Seaver, Berman DeValerio Pease Tabacco Burt & Pucillo, Boston, MA, for Cobalt Corp., Plaintiff.

Thomas G. Shapiro, Shapiro Haber & Urmy LLP, Boston, MA, for William M. Porter, Plaintiff.

Eric W. Snapp, Winston & Strawn, LLP, Chicago, IL, for Abbott Laboratories, Defendant.

Thomas M. Sobol, Hagens Berman LLP, Boston, MA, for William M. Porter, Plaintiff.

Donna F. Solen, Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll, Washington, DC, for William M. Porter, Plaintiff.

Fiona S. Trevelyan, Bingham McCutchen LLP, Boston, MA, for Takeda Chemical Industries, Defendant.

Matthew A. Wolfman, Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP, Boston, MA, for TAP Pharmaceutical Products, Inc., Defendant.


ORDER GRANTING PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF SETTLEMENT, CERTIFYING CLASS FOR PURPOSES OF SETTLEMENT, DIRECTING NOTICE TO THE CLASS AND SCHEDULING FAIRNESS HEARING

STEARNS, District Judge.

This litigation was instituted by a consortium of patients, health care plans, and insurers seeking damages arising from an alleged scheme orchestrated by TAP Pharmaceutical Products, Inc. (TAP) to artificially inflate the price to consumers of the

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