The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases (MindTap Course List)
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Author: Frank B. Cross, Roger LeRoy Miller
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 24, Problem 1IS
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Case summary: A new impactful drug is invented by company U for the treatment of AIDS. The company U wants to market the drug as earliest as possible but has done only limited testing of the drug.
To find:The factor to be proved by U to market its new drug.
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