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           2         IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                  FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
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                JOSEPH J. LOBIANCO and    :  CIVIL ACTION
           5    VIVIAN LOBIANCO           :

           6          vs.               :

           7    ECKERD CORPORATION        :
                      vs.
           8    McKESSON DRUG COMPANY     :
                      vs.               :
           9    PHARMACIA & UPJOHN COMPANY:
                      and               :
          10    VETERANS ADMINISTRATION   :
                MEDICAL CENTER            :  No. 03-CV-00145
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                            Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
          13               Thursday, February 5, 2004

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          15               Deposition of DAVID L. TOPOLSKY, M.D.,

          16    taken pursuant to notice, at the Hahnemann University

          17    Hospital, Broad and Vine Streets, Philadelphia,

          18    Pennsylvania, on the above date, beginning at

          19    10:15 a.m., before Donna A. Bittner, RMR-CRR.

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                            DONNA A. BITTNER REPORTING
          22            REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL REPORTERS
                                   61 Penn Road
          23               Voorhees, New Jersey  08043
                                  (856) 768-6619
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           1    APPEARANCES:

           2          MICHAEL T. SELLERS, ESQUIRE
                      Kardos, Rickles, Sellers and Hand
           3             626 South State Street
                         Newtown, Pennsylvania  18940
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                            Counsel for Plaintiffs
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                      GERALD X. SMITH, ESQUIRE
           6          Naulty, Scaricimazza & McDevitt
                           One Penn Center
           7               1617 John F. Kennedy Boulevard
                           Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  19103
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                            Counsel for Eckerd Corporation
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                        GERHARD P. DIETRICH, ESQUIRE
          10            EDWARD A. GREENBERG, ESQUIRE  (AS NOTED)
                      Daller, Greenberg & Dietrich, LLP
          11               Eight Tower Bridge
                           161 Washington Street, Suite 900
          12               Conshohocken, Pennsylvania  19428

          13                Counsel for McKesson Corporation

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                        NANCY HARRIS MARVEL, ESQUIRE
          15            Drinker Biddle & Reath, LLP
                           One Logan Square
          16               18th and Cherry Streets
                           Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  19103
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          18                  Counsel for Pharmacia & Upjohn Company

          19          ANNETTA FOSTER GIVHAN, ESQUIRE
                      Assistant United States Attorney
          20               Eastern District of Pennsylvania
                           615 Chestnut Street, Suite 1250
          21               Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  19106-4476

          22                   Counsel for Veterans Administration
                                Medical Center
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           1          (It is hereby stipulated and agreed by and

           2    among counsel for the respective parties that

           3    sealing, filing and certification are waived; and

           4    that all objections, except as to the form of the

           5    question, are reserved until the time of trial.)

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           7           ...DAVID L. TOPOLSKY, M.D., having been duly

           8      sworn, was examined and deposed as follows...

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          10               (Exhibits Topolsky-1 through Topolsky-6

          11    were marked for identification.)

          12               COURT REPORTER:  Usual stipulations?

          13                  MR. SELLERS:   I think the witness will

          14    read and sign actually.  That means you have a

          15    chance to look at the testimony to make sure that

          16    it's correct.

          17    BY MR. DIETRICH:

          18      Q.   Dr. Topolsky, my name is Gerhard Dietrich.

          19    I'm representing McKesson Corporati