LSAT

Oxgen Pharmaceuticals recently released a report concluding that Jeloco Pharmaceuticals’ products are unsafe and are known to cause birth defects. This report cannot be trusted, however, since Oxgen is Jeloco’s rival and they are currently in competition for a large grant for drug research. Oxgen’s report is biased, and so it is clear that there is nothing wrong with Jeloco’s products and they do not cause birth defects.

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