superior products, service or performance;
• Seek legal advice before either (i) selling "below cost" or (ii) creating "bundles" of Schering-Plough products selling collectively at a specific price. While either of these practices may be appropriate, in certain circumstances they could violate antitrust laws and should always be pre-approved; and
• Particularly in the United States, seek legal advice before charging different prices to customers who compete with each other.

Competitive Intelligence

In our complex business environment, we acquire a large amount of information about our competitors and their products and services. It is permissible for colleagues and third parties working on behalf of Schering-Plough to gather and use competitive information. However, the information must be obtained using only legal and ethical means.

This means:

• Always gathering information about competitors from public sources such as Web sites, published articles, price bulletins, advertisements, brochures and public presentations. You may also use information obtained from conversations with customers (unless the matters being discussed are known by us to be confidential).