In re Namenda Direct Purchaser Antitrust Litig.

McMahon, C.J.:

Plaintiffs J.M. Smith Corporation d/b/a Smith Drug Company ("Smith") and Rochester Drug Co-Operative, Inc. ("RDC") (collectively, "Direct Purchaser Plaintiffs" or "Plaintiffs") commenced this antitrust suit on behalf of themselves and a putative class of similarly situated purchasers of Namenda. Plaintiffs allege that Defendants - Actavis PLC (now known as Allergan PLC), Forest Laboratories, LLC, Forest Laboratories, Inc., and Forest Laboratories Holdings Ltd. (collectively, "Forest" or "Defendants") - schemed to delay entry of generic versions of an Alzheimer's disease…