Cardio, Inc

question 32

Multiple Choice

Cardio, Inc., makes and sells Drawdown, the most prescribed name-brand heart medication. Emitate Corporation has the potential to make a generic version of the same drug. Cardio pays Emitate not to sell its product. This is most likely

• A) a deal that neither restrains trade or harms competition.
• B) a legal restraint of trade.
• C) a per se violation of the Sherman Act.
• D) subject to analysis under the rule of reason.

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