INTEREST OF AMICUS CURIAE

The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (“PhRMA”) is a voluntary, nonprofit association representing the nation’s leading research-based pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. See http://www.phrma.org/member_company_list (listing approximately 40 members, affiliates, and research associates). PhRMA advocates in support of public policies that encourage the discovery of life-saving and life-enhancing new medicines for patients by pharmaceutical and biotechnology research companies. In support of that mission, PhRMA members invested approximately $45.8 billion (of an industry total of approximately $65.3 billion) in 2009 in the discovery and development of new medicines. See 2010 Industry Profile, http://www.phrma.org/profiles_and_reports.

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