In re Antibiotic Drugs Antitrust Litigation

*608OPINION AND ORDER

Before ALFRED P. MURRAH * Chairman, and JOHN MINOR WISDOM, EDWARD WEINFELD, EDWIN A. ROBSON, WILLIAM H. BECKER*, JOSEPH S. LORD, III* and STANLEY A. WEIGEL, Judges of the Panel. PER CURIAM.

Pfizer, Inc. is the owner of the Gordon patent covering an injectible form of the broad-spectrum antibiotic oxytetracycline. It filed the above-captioned action in the Central District of California charging International Rectifier Corporation and Rachelle Laboratories, Inc. with infringement of the patent and seeking a preliminary and permanent injunction and damages. Defendants allege in…