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Dr. Oliveri's Three-Years Bag-Clause Case
1. In my point of view, it was unethical for Apotex to include the three-year gag clause in the agreement with Dr.Olivieri. I believe so because according to the article, in the long-term, that drug affected the health of a large number of patients, and probably Apotex was aware of it, which is why they included the gag clause in the contract. Therefore, they should have informed Dr. Oliveiri that that drug could be toxic for the patients.
2. We all know that it is unethical to break any type of agreements. In this case, Dr. Oliveri admitted that she committed an error when she signed the agreement, but in this case, she did the right thing. I believe that it is worst and unethical to hide such as important information that could be dangerous

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