Medical device maker accuses rival of illegal tying

Charles McConnell

01 June 2017

Credit: wikimedia/Blausen Medical Communications, Inc.

A medical device company sued competitor CR Bard in New York federal court yesterday for allegedly tying the sale of two products and consequently harming competition in the market for peripherally-inserted central catheters.

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Charles McConnell

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