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Case 1:06-cv-00071-GMS

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE

IN RE: METOPROLOL SUCCINATE END-PAYOR ANTITRUST LITIGATION THIS DOCUMENT RELATES TO: ALL ACTIONS DOROTHY FERGUSON, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff,

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C.A. NO.06-71 (GMS)

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C.A. NO. 06-392 (GMS)
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v. ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP, ASTRAZENECA LP, ASTRAZENECA AB and AKTIEBOLAGET USSLE, Defendants.

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STIPULATION AND ORDER
IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by the parties, subject to the approval of the Court, that this end-payor action shall be consolidated and coordinated with the related endpayor actions pursuant to Section N of Pretrial Order No. 1 Regarding End-Payor Actions dated April 5,2006 ("Pretrial Order No. 1") @.I. 13 in C.A. No. 06-71 (GMS)). Pretrial Order No. 1 contemplates that all related end-payor actions will be consolidated and that the plaintiffs will file a Consolidated Amended Complaint, which will be the sole operative complaint for all these actions. The Consolidated Amended Complaint was filed on June 5,2006 @.I. 17 in C.A. No. 06-71(GMS)). Pretrial Order No. 1 also states that the Clerk of the Court shall, inter alia, make appropriate entry for this action on the master docket (06-71 (GMS)), place a copy of Pretrial Order No. 1 in the separate file for this action, and mail a

Case 1:06-cv-00071-GMS

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copy of the Order of assignment to Liaison counsel and counsel for defendants. (D.I. 13 at 1 lo).' Co-Lead Counsel for the other end-payor actions have advised that they have no objection to the addition of this action to Pretrial Order No. 1.

PRICKETT, JONES & ELLIOTT, P.A.
/s/J Clayton Athey

MORRIS, NICHOLS, ARSHT & TUNNELL LLP
/s/Karen Jacobs Louden

Gary F. Traynor (#2131) J. Clayton Athey (#4378) [email protected] 1310 King Street P.O. Box 1328 Wilmington, Delaware (302) 888-6500 Attorneys for plaintiffs

Jack B. Blumenfeld (#lo 14) Karen Jacobs Louden (#2881) Leslie A. Polizoti (#4299) [email protected] 1201 N. Market Street P.O. Box 1347 Wilmington, Delaware 19899 (302) 658-9200 Attorneys for defendants

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It is unnecessary for the Clerk to mail a copy of Pretrial Order No. 1 to the plaintiffs in this action (7 1O(c)), as plaintiffs already are in possession of the Order.