In re Flonase Antitrust Litigation

*640 MEMORANDUM

ANITA B. BRODY, District Judge.

I. Background

Direct and Indirect Purchasers of a steroid nasal spray containing the active ingredient fluticasone propionate (“FP”), along with Roxane Laboratories, Inc. (“Roxane”), a generic FP manufacturer, brought actions against Defendant SmithKline Beecham Corporation, doing business as GlaxoSmithKline PLC (“GSK”). GSK manufactures Flonase, the branded version of FP. The various Plaintiffs allege antitrust and state consumer violations that they claim arise from GSK delaying market entry of generic FP. In its defense, GSK asserts, among other…