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WWatsford

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Pharmaceutical companies receive patents as an exclusive right to produce a drug. This results in
 a. normal profits on the patented drug.
  b. monopoly status in the production of the drug.
  c. lower prices for patients requiring the drug.
  d. orphan drug status.
  e. fewer new chemical compounds discovered.

Question 2

A decrease in demand is represented by
 a. a shift outward of the entire demand curve.
  b. a shift inward of the entire demand curve.
  c. a movement along the demand curve in a southeasterly direction.
  d. a movement along the demand curve in a northwesterly direction.



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Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

b



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