A Pharmaceutical Company Has Disclosed a List of Side Effects

question 43

Multiple Choice

A pharmaceutical company has disclosed a list of side effects of its new prescription drug.A consumer, taking the drug in the right doses, suffers from one of these side effects and sues the company for product liability.Which of the following would be the pharmaceutical company's defense in this lawsuit?

• A)The consumer was injured due to a supervening event.
• B)The consumer had assumed the disclosed risks when purchasing the drug.
• C)The side effects suffered by the consumer were generally known dangers of the drug.
• D)The consumer abnormally misused the drug.

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