In Re AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP v. the State of Texas

Opinion

ACCEPTED 15-25-00088-CV MOI·gan Lewis Morgan Lewis FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 7/15/2025 6:46 PM CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE CLERK Heidi Rasmussen Heidi Rasmussen RECEIVED IN Associate Associate 15th COURT OF APPEALS +1.713.890.5122 +1.713.890.5122 AUSTIN, TEXAS heidi.rasmussen@morganlewis.com heidi.rasmussen@morganlewis.com 7/15/2025 6:46:29 PM CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE 15, 2025 July 15, 2025 Clerk

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Christopher R. Prine Christopher Clerk of of Court Court Fifteenth Court Fifteenth of Appeals Court of Appeals P.O. Box 12852 12852 Austin, Texas 78711 Austin, Texas 78711

Re: Re: In re In AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals re AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP Appeal No. 15-25-00088-CV Court of Appeal lS-2S-00088-CV Trial Court Trial Court Case No. 22-0426 22-0426

Dear Mr. Prine: Prine:

This This letter letter is to inform you to inform you that Relator, AstraZeneca that Relator, Pharmaceuticals LP, intends AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals intends to to file file a Reply Brief Brief in support support ofof its Petition Petition for for Writ Writ of Mandamus on or before of Mandamus before July 31, 31, 2025. 2025.

If If the the Court would like the Court would the Reply Brief Brief to to be filed sooner, kindly filed sooner, kindly advise. advise.

Sincerely, Sincerely,

Heidi Heidi Rasmussen Rasmussen

HR

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