Legal Opinion
Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Ass'n v. Kennedy
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided May 21, 1979No. Civ. Y-78-2449PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOSEPH H. YOUNG, District Judge.
I. BACKGROUND
The Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (“PMA”), a nonprofit membership association of prescription drug manufacturers, filed a complaint seeking injunctive and declaratory relief against the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and his delegates, the Commissioner of Food and Drugs and the Administrator of the Health Care Financing Administration (“HCFA”) on December 6, 1978. Plaintiff’s complaint begins by alleging a government-sponsored effort “to remake the existing competitive structure of the prescription drug industry,” Complaint,…
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