Legal Proceedings | Legal Proceedings Like many companies in our industry, we have from time to time received inquiries and subpoenas and other types of information requests from government authorities and others and we have been subject to claims and other actions related to our business activities. While the ultimate outcome of investigations, inquiries, information requests and legal proceedings is difficult to predict, adverse resolutions or settlements of those matters may result in, among other things, modification of our business practices, product recalls, costs and significant payments, which may have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, cash flows or financial condition. Pending patent proceedings include challenges to the scope, validity and/or enforceability of our patents relating to certain of our products, uses of products or processes. Further, as certain of our products mature or they near the end of their regulatory exclusivity periods, it is more likely that we will receive challenges to our patents, and in some jurisdictions we have received such challenges. We are also subject, from time to time, to claims of third parties that we infringe their patents covering products or processes. Although we believe we have substantial defenses to these challenges and claims, there can be no assurance as to the outcome of these matters and an adverse decision in these proceedings could result in one or more of the following: (i) a loss of patent protection, which could lead to a significant reduction of sales that could materially affect our future results of operations, cash flows or financial condition (ii) our inability to continue to engage in certain activities, and (iii) significant liabilities, including payment of damages, royalties and/or license fees to any such third party. Among the principal matters pending are the following: Patent-Related Proceedings: REVLIMID ® : In 2012, our European patent EP 1 667 682 (the ’682 patent) relating to certain polymorphic forms of lenalidomide expiring in 2024 was opposed in a proceeding before the European Patent Office (EPO) by Generics (UK) Ltd. and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. On July 21, 2015, the EPO determined that the ’682 patent was not valid. Celgene appealed the EPO ruling to the EPO Board of Appeal, thereby staying any revocation of the patent until the appeal is finally adjudicated. No appeal hearing date has been set. We do not anticipate a decision from the EPO Board of Appeal for several years and intend to vigorously defend our intellectual property rights. In 2010, Celgene’s European patent EP 1 505 973 (the ’973 patent) relating to certain uses of lenalidomide expiring in 2023 was opposed in a proceeding before the EPO by Synthon B.V. and an anonymous party. On February 25, 2013, the EPO determined that the ’973 patent was not valid. Celgene appealed the EPO ruling to the EPO Board of Appeal, thereby staying any revocation of the patent until the appeal is finally adjudicated. No appeal hearing date has been set. We do not anticipate a decision from the EPO Board of Appeal for several years and intend to vigorously defend our intellectual property rights. We believe that our patent portfolio for lenalidomide in Europe, including the composition of matter patent which expires in 2022, is strong and defensible. Although we believe that we will prevail in the EPO proceedings, in the event these patents are found not to be valid, we still expect that we will have protection in the EU for lenalidomide under other patents through at least 2022. We received a Notice Letter dated September 9, 2016 from Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories (DRL) notifying us of DRL’s Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) which contains Paragraph IV certifications against U.S. Patent Nos. 7,456,800; 7,855,217; 7,968,569; 8,530,498; 8,648,095; 9,101,621; and 9,101,622 that are listed in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) list of Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations, commonly referred to as the Orange Book (Orange Book) for REVLIMID ® . DRL is seeking to manufacture and market a generic version of 2.5mg, 5mg, 10mg, 15mg, 20mg, and 25mg REVLIMID ® (lenalidomide) capsules in the United States. In response to the Notice Letter, we timely filed an infringement action against DRL in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey on October 20, 2016. As a result of the filing of our action, the FDA cannot grant final approval of DRL's ANDA until the earlier of (i) a final decision that each of the patents is invalid, unenforceable, and/or not infringed; or (ii) March 9, 2019. On November 18, 2016, DRL filed an answer and counterclaims asserting that the patents-in-suit are invalid and/or not infringed. On December 27, 2016, we filed a reply to DRL’s counterclaims. Fact discovery is set to close on May 31, 2018. The Court has not yet entered a schedule for expert discovery or trial. We subsequently received an additional Notice Letter from DRL dated June 8, 2017 notifying us of additional Paragraph IV certifications against U.S. Patent Nos. 7,189,740; 8,404,717; and 9,056,120 that are listed in the Orange Book for REVLIMID ® . In response to the Notice Letter, we timely filed an infringement action against DRL in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey on July 20, 2017. As a result of the filing of our action, the FDA cannot grant final approval of DRL's ANDA until the earlier of (i) a final decision that each of the patents is invalid, unenforceable, and/or not infringed; or (ii) December 8, 2019. We received a Notice Letter dated February 27, 2017 from Zydus Pharmaceuticals (USA) Inc. (Zydus) notifying us of Zydus’ ANDA which contains Paragraph IV certifications against U.S. Patent Nos. 7,456,800; 7,855,217; 7,968,569; 8,530,498; 8,648,095; 9,101,621; and 9,101,622 that are listed in the Orange Book for REVLIMID ® . Zydus is seeking to manufacture and market a generic version of 2.5 mg, 5 mg, 10 mg, 15 mg, 20 mg, and 25mg REVLIMID ® (lenalidomide) capsules in the United States. In response to the Notice Letter, we timely filed an infringement action against Zydus in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey on April 12, 2017. As a result of the filing of our action, the FDA cannot grant final approval of Zydus’ ANDA at least until the earlier of (i) a final decision that each of the patents is invalid, unenforceable, and/or not infringed; or (ii) August 27, 2019. Zydus has not yet filed a response and the Court has not yet entered a scheduling order. We received a Notice Letter dated July 5, 2017 from Cipla LTD, India (Cipla) notifying us of Cipla’s ANDA which contains Paragraph IV certifications against U.S. Patent Nos. 7,456,800; 7,855,217; 7,968,569; 8,530,498; 8,648,095; 9,101,621; and 9,101,622 that are listed in the Orange Book for REVLIMID ® . Cipla is seeking to manufacture and market a generic version of 5 mg, 10 mg, 15 mg, 20 mg, and 25mg REVLIMID ® (lenalidomide) capsules in the United States. We are in the process of assessing this Notice Letter, and we intend to vigorously defend our intellectual property rights. We received a Notice Letter dated July 24, 2017 from Lotus Pharmaceutical Co., Inc. (Lotus) notifying us of Lotus’s ANDA which contains Paragraph IV certifications against U.S. Patent Nos. 5,635,517; 6,315,720; 6,561,977; 6,755,784; 7,189,740; 7,456,800; 7,855,217; 7,968,569; 8,315,886; 8,404,717; 8,530,498; 8,626,531; 8,648,095; 9,056,120; 9,101,621; and 9,101,622 that are listed in the Orange Book for REVLIMID ® . Lotus is seeking to manufacture and market a generic version of 2.5 mg, 5 mg, 10 mg, 15 mg, 20 mg, and 25mg REVLIMID ® (lenalidomide) capsules in the United States. We are in the process of assessing this Notice Letter, and we intend to vigorously defend our intellectual property rights. POMALYST ® : In 2015, our European patent EP 2 105 135 (the ’135 patent) relating to certain pharmaceutical compositions for treating cancer expiring in 2023 was opposed in a proceeding before the EPO by Generics (UK) Ltd., Accord Healthcare Ltd., Hexal AG, IPS Intellectual Property Services, Synthon B.V., and Actavis Group PTC EHF. On December 19, 2016 the EPO determined that the ’135 patent was not valid. Regulatory exclusivity for POMALYST ® will expire in Europe in 2023. We received a Notice Letter dated March 30, 2017 from Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. (Teva) notifying us of Teva’s ANDA submitted to the FDA that contains Paragraph IV certifications against U.S. Patent Nos. 6,316,471; 8,198,262; 8,673,939; 8,735,428; and 8,828,427 that are listed in the Orange Book. Teva is seeking to manufacture and market a generic version of 1 mg, 2 mg, 3 mg, and 4 mg POMALYST® (pomalidomide) capsules in the United States. We later received similar Notice Letters (the Pomalidomide Notice Letters) from six other generic drug manufacturers - Par Pharmaceutical, Inc. (Par); Apotex, Inc. (Apotex); Hetero USA, Inc. (Hetero); Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. (Aurobindo); Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Mylan); and Breckenridge Pharmaceutical, Inc. (“Breckenridge”) - relating to these and other POMALYST® patents listed in the Orange Book. In response to the Pomalidomide Notice Letters, we timely filed an infringement actions in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey against Teva and Par on May 4, 2017 and against Apotex, Hetero, Aurobindo, Mylan, and Breckenridge on May 11, 2017. As a result of the filing of our actions, the FDA cannot grant final approval of these ANDAs at least until the earlier of (i) a final decision that each of the patents is invalid, unenforceable, and/or not infringed; or (ii) August 8, 2020. On July 13, 2017, Apotex and Hetero each filed answers and counterclaims asserting that the patents-in-suit are invalid and/or not infringed. The remaining generic drug manufacturers have not yet filed responses and the Court has not yet entered scheduling orders. OTEZLA ® (Apremilast): In February 2015, Polypharma S.A., Teva Pharmaceuticals, Ltd., Zentiva k.s. and LEK Pharmaceutical d.d. opposed Celgene’s European patent EP 2 276 483 (the ‘483 patent), which is directed to certain crystalline forms of apremilast. An oral hearing was held on March 21, 2017 at the EPO, whereby the Opposition Division determined that the '483 patent was not valid. Celgene plans to appeal the EPO ruling to the EPO Board of Appeal, which will have the effect of staying any revocation of the patent until the appeal is finally adjudicated. Upon the filing of an appeal, we would not anticipate a decision from the EPO Board of Appeal for several years. This patent will expire on March 27, 2028 and has been granted an SPC which extends the patent term to January 16, 2030. The regulatory exclusivity will expire on January 15, 2025. THALOMID ® (thalidomide): We received a Notice Letter dated December 18, 2014 from Lannett Holdings, Inc. (Lannett) notifying us of Lannett’s ANDA which contains Paragraph IV certifications against U.S. Patent Nos. 5,629,327; 6,045,501; 6,315,720; 6,561,976; 6,561,977; 6,755,784; 6,869,399; 6,908,432; 7,141,018; 7,230,012; 7,435,745; 7,874,984; 7,959,566; 8,204,763; 8,315,886; 8,589,188; and 8,626,531 that are listed in the Orange Book for THALOMID ® (thalidomide). Lannett is seeking to market a generic version of 50mg, 100mg, 150mg, and 200mg of THALOMID ® capsules. On January 30, 2015, we filed an infringement action against Lannett in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. As a result of the filing of our action, the FDA cannot grant final approval of Lannett’s ANDA until the earlier of (i) a final decision that each of the patents is invalid, unenforceable, and/or not infringed; or (ii) June 22, 2017. On December 8, 2015, Lannett filed an answer and counterclaims asserting that the patents-in-suit are invalid, unenforceable, and/or not infringed and on January 19, 2016 we filed a reply to Lannett's counterclaims. On April 18, 2016, Lannett amended its answer to narrow the scope of its unenforceability counterclaims and we filed an amended reply on May 5, 2016. The Court has not set dates for close of discovery, or trial. ABRAXANE ® (paclitaxel protein-bound particles for injectable suspension) (albumin bound): We received a Notice Letter dated February 23, 2016 from Actavis LLC (Actavis) notifying us of Actavis’s ANDA which contains Paragraph IV certifications against U.S. Patent Nos. 7,820,788; 7,923,536; 8,138,229; and 8,853,260 that are listed in the Orange Book for ABRAXANE ® . We then received a Notice Letter dated October 25, 2016 from Cipla notifying us of Cipla’s ANDA, which contains Paragraph IV certifications against the same four patents for ABRAXANE ® . Actavis and Cipla are seeking to manufacture and market a generic version of ABRAXANE ® (paclitaxel protein-bound particles for injectable suspension) (albumin bound) 100 mg/vial. On April 6, 2016, we filed an infringement action against Actavis in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. As a result of the filing of our action, the FDA cannot grant final approval of Actavis’s ANDA until the earlier of (i) a final decision that each of the patents is invalid, unenforceable, and/or not infringed; or (ii) August 24, 2018. On May 3, 2016, Actavis filed an answer and counterclaims asserting that the patents-in-suit are invalid and/or not infringed and we filed a reply to Actavis’s counterclaims on June 10, 2016. Fact discovery is currently ongoing and expert discovery is currently set to close on November 17, 2017. The Court has not yet set a date for a trial. On December 8, 2016, we filed an infringement action against Cipla in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. As a result of the filing of our action, the FDA cannot grant final approval of Cipla’s ANDA until the earlier of (i) a final decision that each of the patents is invalid, unenforceable, and/or not infringed; or (ii) April 25, 2019. On January 20, 2017, Cipla filed an answer and counterclaims asserting that the patents-in-suit are invalid and/or not infringed. Our reply was filed on February 24, 2017. Fact discovery is currently set to close on April 26, 2018 and expert discovery is currently set to close on November 1, 2018. The Court has not yet set a date for trial. On January 13, 2017, the UK High Court of Justice handed down a ruling after a hearing held on December 20, 2016 in which Celgene argued that the UK Intellectual Property Office improperly rejected our request for an SPC to the ABRAXANE ® patent UK No. 0 961 612 (the ‘612 patent). In that ruling, the High Court referred the matter to the Court of Justice for the EU (“CJEU”). No hearing date has been set at the CJEU. If the CJEU were to find in Celgene’s favor, the SPC would not only be granted in the UK, but in other jurisdictions that have previously rejected our initial request including Germany, Sweden and Ireland. The ‘612 patent will expire in Europe in September, 2017. However, if the SPC is granted, the patent will expire in 2022. Data exclusivity in Europe will expire in January 2019. Proceedings involving the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO): Under the America Invents Act (AIA), any person may seek to challenge an issued patent by petitioning the USPTO to institute a post grant review. On April 23, 2015, we were informed that the Coalition for Affordable Drugs VI LLC filed petitions for Inter Partes Review (IPRs) challenging the validity of Celgene’s patents U.S. 6,045,501 (the ‘501 patent) and U.S. 6,315,720 (the ‘720 patent) covering certain aspects of our REMS program. On October 27, 2015, the USPTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) instituted IPR proceedings relating to these patents. An oral hearing was held on July 21, 2016; the decisions, rendered on October 26, 2016, held that the ’501 and ’720 patents are invalid, primarily due to obviousness in view of certain publications. On November 25, 2016, we requested a rehearing with respect to these patents. An appeal of the final written decisions of the PTAB can be made to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit within 63 days of PTAB’s final action on our November 25, 2016 rehearing request. The ’501 and ’720 patents remain valid and enforceable pending rehearing and appeal. We retain other patents covering certain aspects of our REMS program, as well as other patents that cover our products that use our REMS system. We are evaluating the decisions, and we intend to continue to vigorously defend our intellectual property rights. On April 4, 2017, Actavis LLC filed petitions for IPRs challenging the validity of our patents U.S. 8,138,229 (the '229 patent); 7,923,536 (the '536 patent); 7,820,788 (the '788 patent); and 8,853,260 (the '260 patent) covering certain aspects of our ABRAXANE® product. We filed our preliminary response on July 12, 2017. Other Proceedings: In 2009, we received a Civil Investigative Demand (CID) from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) seeking documents and other information relating to requests by manufacturers of generic drugs to purchase our patented REVLIMID ® and THALOMID ® brand drugs in order for the FTC to evaluate whether there may be reason to believe that we have engaged in unfair methods of competition. In 2010, the State of Connecticut issued a subpoena referring to the same issues raised by the 2009 CID. Also in 2010, we received a second CID from the FTC relating to this matter. We continue to cooperate with the FTC and State of Connecticut investigations. On April 3, 2014, Mylan filed a lawsuit against us in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey alleging that we violated various federal and state antitrust and unfair competition laws by allegedly refusing to sell samples of our THALOMID ® and REVLIMID ® brand drugs so that Mylan can conduct the bioequivalence testing necessary for ANDAs to be submitted to the FDA for approval to market generic versions of these products. Mylan is seeking injunctive relief, damages and declaratory judgment. We filed a motion to dismiss Mylan’s complaint on May 25, 2014. Mylan filed its opposition to our motion to dismiss on June 16, 2014. The Federal Trade Commission filed an amicus curiae brief in opposition to our motion to dismiss on June 17, 2014. On December 22, 2014, the court granted Celgene’s motion to dismiss (i) Mylan’s claims based on Section 1 of the Sherman Act (without prejudice), and (ii) Mylan's related claims arising under the New Jersey Antitrust Act. The court denied our motion to dismiss the remaining claims which primarily relate to Section 2 of the Sherman Act. On January 6, 2015, we filed a motion to certify for interlocutory appeal the order denying our motion to dismiss with respect to the claims relating to Section 2 of the Sherman Act, which appeal was denied by the United State Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on March 5, 2015. On January 20, 2015, we filed an answer to Mylan’s complaint. Fact discovery closed in June 2016 and expert discovery closed in November 2016. On December 16, 2016, we moved for summary judgment, seeking a ruling that judgment be granted in our favor on all claims. The motion for summary judgment has been fully briefed by the parties. No trial date has been set. We intend to vigorously defend against Mylan’s claims. In 2011, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California informed us that they were investigating possible off-label marketing and improper payments to physicians in connection with the sales of THALOMID ® and REVLIMID ® . In 2012, we learned that two other United States Attorneys’ offices (the Northern District of Alabama and the Eastern District of Texas) and various state Attorneys General were conducting related investigations. In February 2014, three civil qui tam actions related to those investigations brought by three former Celgene employees on behalf of the federal and various state governments under the federal false claims act and similar state laws were unsealed after the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) declined to intervene in any of these actions. However, the DOJ retained the right to intervene in these actions at any time. Additionally, while several states similarly declined to intervene in some of these actions, they also retained the right to intervene in the future. The plaintiffs in the Northern District of Alabama and Eastern District of Texas actions have voluntarily dismissed their cases. On April 25, 2014, we filed a motion to dismiss the complaint in the remaining (Central District of California) action, United States of America ex. rel. Beverly Brown v. Celgene Corp. , unsealed February 5, 2014 (the Brown Action), which was denied except with respect to certain state claims. We filed our answer to the complaint on August 28, 2014. Fact discovery closed on September 25, 2015. Expert discovery closed on June 30, 2016. The Relator (the person who brought the lawsuit on behalf of the government) submitted an expert report that, based on certain theories, purported to calculate damages and penalties. On July 25, 2016, we filed a motion to strike the Relator’s expert report. The Magistrate Judge granted our motion, striking substantial portions of the report on August 23, 2016, significantly reducing the expert’s calculation of damages and penalties. Relator appealed this decision to the District Court Judge. On August 29, 2016, the parties filed a Joint Stipulation on Defendant Celgene's Motion for Summary Judgment or, In the Alternative, Partial Summary Judgment. On December 28, 2016, the court entered an order granting in part and denying in part Celgene’s motion for summary judgment. Specifically, the court dismissed Relator’s anti-kickback claims and all claims related to prescriptions submitted to TRICARE, the Veterans Administration and the Tennessee, Texas and Wisconsin Medicaid programs. The court denied Celgene’s motion as to all other issues and upheld the District Court’s decision to strike substantial portions of Relator’s expert report. On January 30, 2017, we filed a Motion for Reconsideration of The Order Partially Denying Summary Judgment Or For Certification For Immediate Appeal And Stay. This motion sought to dispose of the remainder of the Relator’s claims. Relator filed her Opposition to our motion on February 6, 2017. A confidential mediation under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure Rule 408 was held on February 25, 2017. Relator and Celgene participated in the mediation and discussions continued after that date. On March 6, 2017, the Judge ordered that the trial begin on April 25, 2017. Relator and Celgene jointly sought, and obtained, a 90-day continuance of the trial date until July 25, 2017. On June 26, 2017, the court held a status conference, in which it directed the parties to submit any proposed settlement agreement to which Relator, Celgene, and the DOJ had agreed to the court by July 13, 2017 with a motion to approve the settlement. The court stated that it would rule on any motion to approve the settlement on July 25, 2017. As a result, we accrued $315 million related to this matter as a probable and reasonably estimable loss contingency during the three-month period ended June 30, 2017. On July 13, 2017, the parties submitted a proposed settlement and motion to approve the settlement to the court. On July 25, 2017, the court ruled that it would accept the settlement. Under the terms of the settlement, Celgene will pay a total of $315 million (including fees and expenses) to resolve the matter with the United States, 28 States, the District of Columbia, the City of Chicago and the Relator. The settlement includes no admission of any wrongdoing by Celgene, and Celgene is not required to enter into a Corporate Integrity Agreement as part of the settlement. On June 7, 2013, Children's Medical Center Corporation (CMCC) filed a lawsuit against us in the Superior Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts alleging that our obligation to pay a 1% royalty on REVLIMID ® net sales revenue and a 2.5% royalty on POMALYST ® /IMNOVID ® net sales under a license agreement entered into in December 2002 extended beyond February 28, 2013 and that our failure to make royalty payments to CMCC subsequent to February 28, 2013 breached the license agreement. On July 8, 2014, CR Rev Holdings, LLC (CR Rev) filed a complaint against Celgene in the same action. CR Rev alleged that CMCC sold and assigned to CR Rev a substantial portion of the royalty payments owed by Celgene on the sale of REVLIMID ® . CR Rev has alleged causes of action with respect to REVLIMID ® identical to those alleged by CMCC, and sought unspecified damages and a declaration that the license agreement is still in effect. On February 2, 2017, we entered into a Settlement Agreement with CMCC and CR Rev resolving the litigation, providing CMCC with a payment of approximately $199 million (see Notes 9 and 18 to Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in our 2016 Annual Report on Form 10-K) and providing us with an exclusive, worldwide, royalty free license to certain patent rights. The Settlement Agreement also provides for potential contingent royalty and other payments, which have not been accrued for as we do not believe such payments are probable. On November 7, 2014, the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craft Workers Local 1 Health Fund (IUB) filed a putative class action lawsuit against us in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey alleging that we violated various antitrust, consumer protection, and unfair competition laws by (a) allegedly securing an exclusive supply contract with Seratec S.A.R.L. so that Barr Laboratories (Barr) allegedly could not secure its own supply of thalidomide active pharmaceutical ingredient; (b) allegedly refusing to sell samples of our THALOMID ® and REVLIMID ® brand drugs to various generic manufacturers for the alleged purpose of bioequivalence testing necessary for ANDAs to be submitted to the FDA for approval to market generic versions of these products; and (c) allegedly bringing unjustified patent infringement lawsuits against Barr and Natco Pharma Limited in order to allegedly delay those companies from obtaining approval for proposed generic versions of THALOMID ® and REVLIMID ® . IUB, on behalf of itself and a putative class of third party payers, is seeking injunctive relief and damages. On February 6, 2015, we filed a motion to dismiss IUB’s complaint. On March 3, 2015, the City of Providence (“Providence”) filed a similar putative class action making similar allegations. Both IUB and Providence, on behalf of themselves and a putative class of third party payers, are seeking injunctive relief and damages. Providence agreed that the decision in the motion to dismiss IUB’s complaint would apply to the identical claims in Providence’s complaint. A supplemental motion to dismiss Providence's state law claims was filed on April 20, 2015. On October 30, 2015, the court denied our motion to dismiss on all grounds. Celgene filed its Answer to the IUB and Providence complaints on January 11, 2016. On June 14, 2017, a new complaint was filed by the same counsel representing the plaintiffs in the IUB case, making similar allegations and adding three new plaintiffs - International Union of Operating Engineers Stationary Engineers Local 39 Health and Welfare Trust Fund, The Detectives’ Endowment Association, Inc. and David Mitchell. Counsel identified the new complaint as related to the IUB and Providence cases and intends to move to consolidate the complaints. The completion of fact discovery and expert discovery is scheduled for February 1, 2018 and July 15, 2018, respectively. No trial date has been set. We intend to vigorously defend against these claims. In December 2015, we received a subpoena from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts, and in November 2016, we received a second subpoena related to the same inquiry. The materials requested primarily relate to patient assistance programs, including our support of 501(c)(3) organizations that provide financial assistance to eligible patients. We are cooperating with these requests. |