McKinley

printed copy □□ 4 sheet{s) of the electronic record filed on 12/6/2021 inthe United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. gate M. Fogarty clerk UNITED STATES JUDICIAL PANEL on : on wun? MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION / Deputy Clerk

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IN RE: FLUOROQUINOLONE PRODUCTS

LIABILITY LITIGATION MDL No. 2642

TRANSFER ORDER

Before the Panel: Defendants Bayer Corporation, Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc., and Bayer HealthCare LLC (together, Bayer) move under 28 U.S.C. § 1407(c) for transfer of the action listed on Schedule A (McKinley) to the District of Minnesota for inclusion in MDL No. 2642. The Janssen defendants! support transfer. Plaintiff opposes transfer. After considering the argument of counsel, we find that the McKinley action involves common questions of fact with the actions transferred to MDL No. 2642, and that transfer under 28 U.S.C. § 1407 will serve the convenience of the parties and witnesses and promote the just and efficient conduct of the litigation. In the order establishing this MDL, we held that centralization was warranted for actions alleging that “fluoroquinolone …