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

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RACHEL KREVANS (CA SBN 116421)

RKrevans@mofo.com

MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP

425 Market Street

San Francisco, California 94105-2482

Telephone: 415.268.7000

Facsimile: 415.268.7522

Attorneys for Defendant

SANDOZ INC.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

AMGEN INC. and AMGEN 

MANUFACTURING, LIMITED,

Plaintiffs,

v.

SANDOZ INC., SANDOZ INTERNATIONAL 

GMBH, and SANDOZ GMBH,

Defendants.

Case No. 3:14-cv-04741-RS

STIPULATED REQUEST AND

[PROPOSED] ORDER TO EXTEND 

DEADLINES ON MOTION FOR 

PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 6-2(a), Plaintiffs Amgen Inc. and Amgen Manufacturing 

Limited (“Amgen”) and Defendant Sandoz Inc. (“Sandoz”), through their undersigned counsel, 

hereby stipulate as follows:

WHEREAS, Amgen filed a Motion for a Preliminary Injunction (“Amgen’s Motion”) on 

February 5, 2015 (ECF No. 56);

WHEREAS, the current deadline for Sandoz’s opposition to Amgen’s Motion is February 

19, 2015 and the current deadline for Amgen’s reply brief is February 24, 2015;

WHEREAS, pursuant to the February 5, 2015 Scheduling Order (ECF No. 55), the parties 

have met and conferred regarding an alternate briefing schedule for Amgen’s Motion;

WHEREAS, Amgen and Sandoz have agreed to an alternate briefing schedule; and 

STIP. REQ. AND [PROP] ORDER TO EXTEND DEADLINES ON MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

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WHEREAS, the instant request will not have any effect on the remaining schedule for the 

case.

Pursuant to Local Rule 6-2(a), the parties hereby request a Court Order setting the 

following dates:

x February 24, 2015 — Sandoz’s opposition to Amgen’s Motion, including witness 

declarations

x March 3, 2015 — Close of deposition period for Sandoz’s witnesses in opposition 

to Amgen’s Motion

x March 6, 2015 — Amgen’s reply brief

x March 13, 2015, 10:00 a.m. — Hearing on Amgen’s Motion and the parties’ 

motions for judgment on the pleadings (subject to the Court’s availability)

Sandoz agrees that it will not launch its biosimilar filgrastim product in the United States 

until the earlier of April 10, 2015, or a ruling in Sandoz’s favor on Amgen’s Motion. As 

previously agreed, should the Court rule in favor of Sandoz on Amgen’s Motion before April 10, 

2015, Sandoz shall provide Amgen five days’ advance notice of Sandoz’s launch. The parties 

further agree that should either party appeal the decision of this Court, the parties will jointly seek 

an expedited briefing schedule in the Federal Circuit and will jointly request expedited review of 

the Federal Circuit’s decision.

Dated: February 19, 2015 MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP

By: /s/Rachel Krevans

Rachel Krevans

Attorneys for Defendant

SANDOZ INC.

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SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP

By: /s/Vernon Michael Winters

Vernon Michael Winters

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

AMGEN INC. and AMGEN 

MANUFACTURING, LIMITED

PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON & 

GARRISON LLP 

By: /s/Nicholas Groombridge

Nicholas Groombridge

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

AMGEN INC. and AMGEN 

MANUFACTURING, LIMITED

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ECF ATTESTATION

I, Rachel Krevans, am the ECF User whose ID and Password are being used to file this 

document. I attest that concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained from the 

signatories.

Dated: February 19, 2015 MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP

By: /s/Rachel Krevans 

Rachel Krevans

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: , 2015

THE HONORABLE RICHARD SEEBORG

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

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