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Brief of the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission before the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey addressing the proper application of antitrust principles to a pharmaceutical company’s refusal to sell samples to potential generic competitors. The brief opposes the defendant’s motion to dismiss the case. The brief takes the position that (a) a brand pharmaceutical company’s refusal to sell samples to a generic company can constitute exclusionary conduct under established Supreme Court precedent; (b) a brand company’s distribution agreements are not immune from antitrust scrutiny, and (c) a brand company’s patents alone do not establish a lack of antitrust injury.