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`SENJU PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.,
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`BAUSCH & LOMB INCORPORATED, and
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`BAUSCH & LOMB PHARMA HOLDINGS
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`Plaintiffs,
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`LUPIN, LTD. AND LUPIN
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`PHARMACEUTICALS,
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`Defendants.
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`SENJU PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.,
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`BAUSCH & LOMB INCORPORATED, and
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`Plaintiffs,
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`INNOPHARMA,
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`INNOPHARMA, LLC,
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`Job NO. NJ 2238419
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`SENJU EXHIBIT 2268
`Innopharma v Senju,
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`Certificate No. XI01l43, at the offices of Alston &
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`FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW,
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`TERRENCE KIM, ESQUIRE
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`901 NEW YORK AVENUE, NW
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`ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFFS
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`ALSTON & BIRD LLP
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`VIDEO OPERATOR: Good morning, we're
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`My name is Jim Roberts representing
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`Today's date is February 26, 2016.
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`The time is approximately 10:38 a.m.
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`The deposition is being held at Alston & Bird,
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`MR. DINER: Bryan Diner with the law
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`VIDEO OPERATOR: Our court reporter,
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`Good morning, sir.
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`Good morning.
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`Sure. Robert Cykiert, 345 East 37th
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`Have you ever practiced pharmacy?
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`I have not.
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`I'm not an expert in pharmacology.
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`I am not an expert
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`Nor are you an expert
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`I'm not an expert in pharmacodynamics.
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`all those things that you mentioned simply because
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`diseases with various drugs which required me to
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`I'm not an expert in those, as I previously stated.
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`Dr. Cykiert, have you ever conducted
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`an expert in chemical stability testing of aqueous
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`That I'm not an expert in.
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`Have you ever conducted any chemical
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`Patent?
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`I haven't.
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`Are you an expert
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`No,
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`I'm not.
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`Are you a named inventor on any U.S.
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`Yes,
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`I am.
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`How many, approximately?
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`One patent.
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`And what does it deal with?
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`It's a patent that blocks radiation
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`No, it's not.
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`Are you a named inventor on any pending
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`Could you repeat that?
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`Sure. Are you a named inventor on any
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`them?
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`I can read them, certainly.
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`Okay.
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`Very good.
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`Are you an expert
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`Yes.
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`And you understand that Xibrom is a
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`bromfenac—containing composition?
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`The first case in the first bullet
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`Yes.
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`What was your role in that case?
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`That case I don't recall.
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`Thank you. That was in 2015, correct?
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`Right.
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`Okay.
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`How about
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`Gallimore versus Allison. What was that case about?
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`well.
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`I don't think I appeared in that.
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`Yes.
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`As a defense expert.
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`Did you provide testimony at trial?
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`No, not at trial.
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`Did you provide deposition testimony?
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`NO.
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`I don't recall the
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`Such as a Declaration perhaps?
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`Right, a Declaration, correct.
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`Okay. And did you say that this case
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`Okay. There are six more cases on your
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`Were all of those medical malpractice cases?
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`Do you recall what your role
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`that one I appeared in court.
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`Yes.
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`It was a complication during cataract
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`Okay. And which side in the litigation
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`did you represent?
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`I represented the doctor.
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`doctor?
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`is CME an abbreviation for
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`cystoid macular edema?
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`presume?
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`Is it correct that Prolensa is approved
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`pain after cataract surgery?
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`Now, Prolensa is not approved for
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`That's not the official approval,
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`that's correct.
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`It doesn't have any approval, official
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`rwise for CME, correct?
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`THE WITNESS: Well, approval by whom?
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`By the FDA.
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`Not by the FDA, no.
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`Does it have approval by anyone for the
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`Is that what you're saying?
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`Right.
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`What is your basis for that?
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`THE WITNESS: That's commonly
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`And do you often administer ophthalmics
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`It depends on what you mean by "often."
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`It depends on the ophthalmic, it depends on the
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`patient's condition.
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`It depends on numerous
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`I have, as have thousands of other
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`Are you familiar with the ophthalmic
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`Is it approved by the FDA for the
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`CME, correct?
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`Correct.
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`And there are no ophthalmic NSAIDS
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`Correct.
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`Do you draw a distinction between
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`What is it?
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`Well, broadly, prevention means putting
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`That's correct.
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`Could you repeat that again?
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`Sure.
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`The approved indication on the
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`Prolensa label is not limited to cases where the
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