NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHAIN DRUG STORES et al v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES et al

Filing 82

ORDER granting 79 Motion for Order. Signed by Chief Judge Royce C. Lamberth on 6/23/09. (lcrcl2, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ____________________________________ ) NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHAIN ) DRUG STORES et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) Civil Action No. 07-02017 (RCL) ) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & ) HUMAN SERVICES, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) ____________________________________) ORDER Upon consideration of the parties' Joint Motion to Clarify that, Notwithstanding the Preliminary Injunction, HHS May Provide Analyses of AMP Data to Committees of Congress, it is hereby ORDERED that the parties' joint motion is GRANTED; and it is further ORDERED that, notwithstanding any provision of the preliminary injunction, both OIG and CMS may provide analyses of "average manufacturer price" ("AMP") data upon the request of Committees of Congress as they consider health care reform legislation; and it is further ORDERED that neither OIG nor CMS shall disclose to Committees of Congress the individual AMPs for specific single-source or multiple-source drugs until the parties have specifically litigated that issue and the Court has amended the injunction to allow such disclosure, or until the parties have otherwise agreed to such disclosure.

Signed by Royce C. Lamberth, United States District Judge, June 23, 2009.