On the recordSeptember 7, 2006
I only wanted to respond to Mr. Edwards' comments that he understands there is a lawsuit because the drug companies do not want to give discounts on their drugs to the retail pharmacies, paraphrasing what I believe you said. That is not what the lawsuit is. That is not what the lawsuit is about. What the lawsuit is about, as I understand this, is that DOD created a virtual depot, and they created this virtual depot or warehouse because they had no authority under the statutes to do this. They needed to create a warehouse so they could obtain access to rebates that are being done out in the private sector. So it was clever. It was smart and clever, but they had no authority to do this. I warned DOD, and I spoke to Dr. Winkenwerder. I said, please don't do this. If you do this, there are going to be lawsuits because you have no authority to do this at all. He felt that he did. That is what the lawsuit is about.
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