In Re Factor VIII or IX Concentrate Blood Products Liability Litigation

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

(Ruling on Taiwan Forum Non Conveniens Motion)

JOHN F. GRADY, District Judge.

This multidistrict litigation consists of claims against the defendant pharmaceutical companies by citizens of various foreign countries who suffer from hemophilia. The plaintiffs allege that they contracted the HIV and/or Hepatitis C(HCV) viruses from using contaminated blood products manufactured by one or more of the defendants. The products were derived by the defendants from the plasma of paid blood donors and processed by the defendants into blood-clotting “factor concentrates” which…