Opinion
J-52A-2014 No. 84 MAP 2011
06-16-2014
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA v. TAP PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS, INC.; ABBOTT LABORATORIES; ASTRAZENECA PLC; ASTRAZENECA, HOLDINGS, INC.; ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP; ASTRAZENECA LP; BAYER AG; BAYER CORPORATION; SMITHKLINE BEECHAM CORPORATION D/B/A GLAXOSMITHKLINE; PFIZER, INC.; PHARMACIA CORPORATION; JOHNSON & JOHNSON; ALZA CORPORATION; CENTROCOR, INC.; ETHICON, INC.; JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS, L.P.; MCNEIL-PPC, INC.; ORTHO BIOTECH, INC.; ORTHO BIOTECH PRODUCTS; L.P.; ORTHO-MCNEIL PHARMACEUTICAL, INC; AMGEN, INC.; IMMUNEX CORPORATION; BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY; BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC.; BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORPORATION; IMMUNO-U.S., INC.; AVENTIS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.; AVENTIS BEHRING, LLC.; HOECHST MARION ROUSSEL, INC., BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM CORPORATION; BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.; BEN VENUE LABORATORIES; BEDFORD LABORATORIES; ROXANE LABORATORIES; SCHERING-PLOUGH CORPORATION; WARRICK PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION; SCHERING SALES CORPORATION; DEY, INC. DONNA A. BOSWELL, ESQ., ANN M. VICKERY, ESQ., AND JOSEPH A. YOUNG, ESQ., Intervenors APPEAL OF: JOHNSON & JOHNSON, ALZA CORPORATION, CENTOCOR, INC., ETHICON, INC., JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS, L.P., MCNEIL-PPC, INC., ORTHO BIOTECH, INC., ORTHO BIOTECH PRODUCTS, L.P., AND ORTHO-MCNEIL PHARMACEUTICAL, INC. (COLLECTIVELY, THE "JOHNSON & JOHNSON DEFENDANTS)
Appeal from the decision of the
Commonwealth Court (Opinion re Post-
Trial Motions of the Commonwealth and
Johnson & Johnson) dated 08-31-2011 at
No. 212 MD 2004.
CONCURRING STATEMENT
MR. JUSTICE BAER
I concur in the Court's order vacating the Commonwealth Court's order and remanding for the reasons set forth in my concurring opinion in Commonwealth v. TAP Pharm. Prods. Inc., ___ A.3d. ___ (Pa. ___ ___, 2014)(Baer, J. concurring)(indicating my view that a remand is warranted for further consideration of the case in light of the OAJC's analysis of the rebate issue).
Madame Justice Todd and Mr. Justice McCaffery join this concurring statement.