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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

AMGEN INC., et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

SANDOZ INC., et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 14-cv-04741-RS (MEJ)

DISCOVERY ORDER

Re: Dkt. No. 163

The Court is in receipt of the parties’ joint discovery letter concerning Defendant Sandoz 

Inc.’s (“Sandoz”) requests for information on how Amgen has purified Neupogen and whether or 

not that method is covered by the ’878 patent, as well as discovery regarding other Amgen 

products and protocols in which Amgen uses methods covered by the ’878 patent. Dkt. No. 163. 

Having reviewed the parties’ positions, the Court ORDERS as follows:

1) To the extent not already produced, Plaintiffs Amgen Inc. and Amgen 

Manufacturing, Limited (“Amgen”) shall produce documents showing how it purified all 

Neupogen that had been commercially sold and not just the method it “currently uses.”

2) Amgen shall produce the Chemistry, Manufacturing & Controls (“CMC”) sections 

from its regulatory submissions for each approved or unapproved product for which Amgen has 

used a process claimed in the ’878 patent.

3) As to Amgen’s interrogatory responses that cited 6,000 pages, Amgen must provide 

a narrative that specifies the records to be reviewed “in sufficient detail to enable the interrogating 

party to locate and identify them as readily as the responding party could.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 

33(d)(1).

4) If Amgen claims Sandoz’s requests seek privileged and/or work product 

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information, it shall provide a detailed privilege log setting forth the factual basis to support each 

such designation.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 14, 2016

______________________________________

MARIA-ELENA JAMES

United States Magistrate Judge

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