Ethypharm S.A. France v. Abbott Laboratories

MEMORANDUM ORDER REGARDING DISCOVERY MATTERS

MARY PAT THYNGE, United States Magistrate Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This is an antitrust case. On March 3, 2008, Ethypharm S.A. France (“Ethypharm”) filed this action against Abbott Laboratories (“Abbott”).1 Both parties are manufacturers of pharmaceutical drugs and compete in the development and manufacture of fenofibrate products for marketing and sale in the United States. Abbott is alleged to have interfered with Ethypharm’s licensee’s marketing and selling of its fenofibrate product in the United States. Ethypharm asserts antitrust claims under…