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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE

) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) vs. ) ) COBALT LABORATORIES INC., LUPIN ) ) PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., LUPIN LTD., ) ORCHID PHARMACEUTICALS INC., ) ORCHID CHEMICALS & ) PHARMACEUTICALS LTD. (d/b/a ORCHID ) HEALTHCARE), TEVA ) PHARMACEUTICALS USA, INC., ) UPSHER-SMITH LABORATORIES, INC., ) ) WOCKHARDT USA INC., and ) WOCKHARDT LIMITED, ) ) Defendants. ) ) FOREST LABORATORIES, INC., FOREST LABORATORIES HOLDINGS, LTD., MERZ PHARMA GMBH & CO. KGAA, and MERZ PHARMACEUTICALS GMBH,

Civil Action No. 08-21 (GMS) (LPS)

STIPULATED JURISDICTIONAL DISCOVERY SCHEDULE

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Plaintiffs Forest Laboratories, Inc., Forest Laboratories Holdings, Inc., Merz Pharma GmbH & Co. KGaA, and Merz Pharmaceuticals GmbH (collectively "Plaintiffs") and Defendants Orchid Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd. ("Orchid India") and Orchid Pharmaceuticals Inc. ("Orchid Pharma") (collectively "Defendants") hereby stipulate as follows: 1. Plaintiffs may serve on Defendants a total of ten (10) interrogatories, limited to

issues concerning jurisdictional discovery. Such interrogatories must be served on or before April 17, 2008, and Defendants' responses are due according to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The parties further agree, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(b)(2) and 33(a)(1), that the interrogatories served by Plaintiffs in connection with jurisdictional discovery are separate and apart from the interrogatories on the merits to which Plaintiffs would be entitled during potential fact discovery in this case. 2. Plaintiffs may serve on Defendants a total of twenty-five (25) document requests,

limited to issues concerning jurisdictional discovery. Such document requests must be served on or before April 17, 2008, and Defendants' responses are due according to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 3. Plaintiffs may serve on Defendants a total of twenty (20) requests for admission,

limited to issues concerning jurisdictional discovery. Such requests for admission must be served on or before April 17, 2008, and Defendants' responses are due according to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 4. Plaintiffs may serve a deposition notice under Fed. R. Civ. P. 30(b)(6) on Orchid

India. Such notice will include particular topics limited to jurisdictional discovery. In response to such notice, Defendants will designate a representative (or representatives) to testify on the listed topics. Such deposition notice will be served on or before April 24, 2008, and such

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deposition(s) shall occur no later than June 6, 2008 at a mutually agreed-upon location within the contiguous United States. 5. Defendants may serve on Plaintiffs a total of five (5) interrogatories, limited to the

issue of whether there has been any injury to Plaintiffs in Delaware pursuant to Delaware's long-arm jurisdictional statute (10 Del. C. § 3104). Such interrogatories must be served on or before April 17, 2008, and Plaintiffs' responses are due according to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 6. Plaintiffs will produce to Defendants by May 16, 2008 any executed license

agreements between Forest Laboratories, Inc. and Forest Laboratories Holdings, Inc., on one hand, and Merz Pharma GmbH & Co. KGaA and Merz Pharmaceuticals GmbH, one the other hand, regarding U.S. Patent No. 5,061,703.

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Respectfully submitted, Dated: April 14, 2008 MORRIS, NICHOLS, ARSHT & TUNNELL LLP /s/ Jack B. Blumenfeld (#1014) Jack B. Blumenfeld (# 1014) Maryellen Noreika (# 3208) 1201 N. Market Street P.O. Box 1347 Wilmington, DE 19899 (302) 658-9200 [email protected] [email protected] Attorneys for Plaintiffs Of Counsel: John Desmarais Gerald J. Flattmann, Jr. Melanie R. Rupert KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP Citigroup Center 153 East 53rd Street New York, NY 10022 (212) 446-4800 F. Dominic Cerrito Daniel L. Malone Eric C. Stops JONES DAY 222 East 41st Street New York, NY 10017 (212) 326-3939 SO ORDERED this ________ day of April, 2008. POTTER ANDERSON & CORROON LLP /s/ Richard L. Horwitz (#2246) Richard L. Horwitz (# 2246) David E. Moore (# 3983) Hercules Plaza, 6th Floor 1313 N. Market Street Wilmington, DE 19801 (302) 984-6000 [email protected] [email protected] Attorneys for Orchid Defendants Of Counsel: LATHAM & WATKINS LLP Kenneth G. Schuler Sears Tower, Suite 5800 233 South Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60606 Terrence J. Connolly 885 Third Avenue, Suite 1000 New York, NY 10022 Darryl H. Steensma 12636 High Bluff Drive, Suite 300 San Diego, CA 92130

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