International Union of Operating Engineers, Local No. 68 Welfare Fund v. AstraZeneca PLC

*112 MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

SARIS, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff International Union of Operating Engineers, Local No. 68 Welfare Fund (“Local 68”) filed this proposed class action in the Superior Court of New Jersey against fifty-five named pharmaceutical companies and three named physicians. Local 68 alleged that the defendants violated New Jersey state law by engaging in a fraudulent scheme and conspiracy to market and sell cancer, inhalant and miscellaneous other drugs at inflated prices. Defendant AstraZeneca, one of the named pharmaceutical company defendants, removed the case to…