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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )
Pfizer Inc., Pfizer Ireland Pharmaceuticals, Warner-Lambert Company, Warner-Lambert Company LLC and Warner-Lambert Export Limited, Plaintiffs/Counterclaim-Defendants v.
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Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Ranbaxy, Inc, Defendant/Counterclaim-Plaintiff.
CONSENT ORDER AND STIPULATED INJUNCTION WHEREAS, plaintiffs/counterclaim defendants Pfizer Inc., Pfizer Ireland Pharmaceuticals, Warner-Lambert Company, Warner-Lambert Company, LLC and Warner-Lambert Export Limited ("Pfizer") own U.S. patents covering the manufacture, sale and use of atorvastatin containing products, including without limitation U.S. patents 6,087,511 and 6,274,740 (collectively, "Lipitor Patents"); WHEREAS, defendant/counterclaim plaintiff Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited, Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Ranbaxy, Inc. ("Ranbaxy") has submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Abbreviated New Drug Application No. 76-477 ("Ranbaxy ANDA") for approval to market and sell generic atorvastatin calcium; WHEREAS, Pfizer and Ranbaxy are parties to litigation relating to the Ranbaxy ANDA and Lipitor Patents, and Ranbaxy desires to sell generic atorvastatin calcium
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under the Ranbaxy ANDA free from claims of infringement by Pfizer under the Lipitor Patents; WHEREAS, Pfizer and Ranbaxy have entered into a Settlement and License Agreement, dated as of June 17, 2008 ("Settlement Agreement"), pursuant to which the parties have resolved this action and Pfizer has granted Ranbaxy certain rights to its portfolio of patents relating to atorvastatin; NOW THEREFORE, Pfizer and Ranbaxy stipulate that: 1. Ranbaxy, its officers, agents, servants, employees and attorneys, and those
persons in active concert or participation with Ranbaxy are enjoined until November 30, 2011 from engaging in the commercial manufacture, use, offer to sell, or sale within the United States, or importation into the United States, of any product comprising the chemical compound atorvastatin calcium. This injunction shall terminate automatically upon the U.S. Generic Lipitor Commencement Date as defined in the Settlement Agreement. 2. The Protective Order entered by the Court in this action shall remain in
full force and effect notwithstanding this Consent Order and Stipulated Injunction. 3. All claims and counterclaims are dismissed with prejudice, and each Party
shall bear its own costs, expenses and attorneys' fees in connection with this action. 4. 5. The parties waive any right of appeal from this Order. The Court reserves jurisdiction over this Consent Order in the event of any
dispute concerning it.
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Dated: June 18, 2008
Dated: June 18, 2008
By:
/s/ Rudolf E. Hutz
By: /s/ Frederick L. Cottrell, III Frederick L. Cottrell, III (#2555) Email: [email protected] Richards, Layton & Finger One Rodney Square P.O. Box 551 Wilmington, DE 19899 (302) 658-6541 Attorneys for Defendants Of Counsel: Joseph M. Reisman William R. Zimmerman Payson LeMeilleur KNOBBE, MARTENS, OLSON & BEAR, LLP 2040 Main Street, 14th Floor Irvine, CA 92614 (949) 760-0404 Attorneys for Defendants
Rudolf E. Hutz (#484) Jeffrey B. Bove (#998) Mary W. Bourke (#2356) CONNOLLY BOVE LODGE & HUTZ LLP The Nemours Building 1007 North Orange Street P.O. Box 2207 Wilmington, DE 19899-2207 (302) 658-9141 Attorneys for the Plaintiffs
IT IS SO ORDERED, this _________ day of _____________________, 2008.
________________________________ The Honorable Joseph J. Farnan, Jr. United States District Judge
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