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Parties Involved:
Merck & Co., Inc.
Defendant
Merck/Schering-Plough Pharmaceuticals
Defendant
Mircea Muresan
Plaintiff
Schering-Plough Corporation
Defendant

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Stipulation and [Proposed] Order Extending Time To Answer, Move Or Otherwise Respond To Complaint Pending 

Decision On Transfer By Judicial Panel On Multidistrict Litigation 

Colleen T. Davies (SBN 111371) 

Email: cdavies@reedsmith.com 

Steven J. Boranian (SBN 174183) 

Email: sboranian@reedsmith.com 

Karen A. Braje (SBN 193900) 

Email: kbraje@reedsmith.com 

REED SMITH LLP

Two Embarcadero Center, Suite 2000 

San Francisco, CA 94111-3922 

Mailing Address:

P.O. Box 7936 

San Francisco, CA 94120-7936 

Telephone: +1 415 543 8700 

Facsimile: +1 415 391 8269 

Attorneys for Defendants 

Merck & Co., Inc. 

Schering-Plough Corporation 

Merck/Schering-Plough Pharmaceuticals 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

MIRCEA MURESAN, on behalf of 

himself and others similarly situated, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

MERCK & CO., INC., SCHERINGPLOUGH CORPORATION, and 

MERCK/SCHERING-PLOUGH 

PHARMACEUTICALS 

Defendants. 

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CASE NO. 4:08-cv-00929-SBA 

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

EXTENDING TIME TO ANSWER, 

MOVE OR OTHERWISE RESPOND 

TO COMPLAINT PENDING 

DECISION ON 

TRANSFER BY JUDICIAL PANEL 

ON MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION

The Plaintiff Mircea Muresan (“Plaintiff”) and Defendants Merck & Co., Inc., ScheringPlough Corp., and Merck/Schering-Plough Pharmaceuticals (“Defendants”) by and through their 

counsel, hereby stipulate as follows: 

1. That Plaintiff filed the Complaint in this action on February 13, 2008; 

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2. That the last day for Merck/Schering-Plough Pharmaceuticals to file a responsive 

pleading is March 17, 2008, and the last day for Schering-Plough Corp. to file a responsive pleading 

is March 18, 2008; 

3. That a hearing is scheduled before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation 

(“JPML”) in Austin, Texas for March 27, 2008. At that hearing, the JPML shall consider the 

centralization of this, and other, pending actions involving the pharmaceuticals Vytorin and Zetia; 

4. That Defendants wish to defer their responses to Plaintiff’s Complaint until the 

conclusion of the JPML hearing; and 

5. That Plaintiff agrees to an extension of time as set forth in the proposed Order below. 

DATED: March ___, 2008. 

REED SMITH LLP

By /s/ Steven J. Boranian 

Steven J. Boranian 

Attorneys for Defendants 

Merck & Co., Inc. 

Schering-Plough Corporation 

Merck/Schering-Plough Pharmaceuticals 

DATED: March ___ 2008. 

GIRARD GIBBS LLP

By /s/ Eric Gibbs 

Eric Gibbs 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

 ORDER

This matter having come before the Court on application of the Defendants for an extension 

of time to answer, move or otherwise respond to the Complaint pending a decision on centralization 

of this and other matters by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (“MDL Panel”) in MDL 

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Stipulation and [Proposed] Order Extending Time To Answer, Move Or Otherwise Respond To Complaint Pending 

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Docket No. 1938, In Re Vytorin/Zetia Marketing, Sales and Products Liability Litigation, and the 

Plaintiff having stipulated to the extension on the terms set forth below, it is hereby 

ORDERED that the Defendants shall notify the Court of the decision of the MDL Panel 

within three business days after the MDL Panel issues its decision, and it is further 

ORDERED that the time within which the Defendants may answer, move or otherwise 

respond to the Complaint in the above matter is hereby extended to a date to be set at the first 

scheduling conference after the MDL Panel issues its decision, and it is further 

ORDERED that if the Defendants file a responsive pleading in any other similar action 

pending in another federal district court, they shall notify the Plaintiff’s counsel before filing such a 

pleading, and the Plaintiff may then file a motion to amend this Order. Defendants reserve the right 

to oppose such a motion, and it is further 

ORDERED that nothing in this Order shall prevent any party to this action from filing any 

and all pleadings, motions and/or responses the party deems necessary or otherwise appropriate 

before the MDL Panel concerning transfer and/or centralization of this or other action(s). 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

 3/18/08 ___________________________________________ 

 HON. SAUNDRA BROWN ARMSTRONG, U.S.D.J. 

DOCSSFO-12508962.1 

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