Pharmaceutical companies are hesitant to create new drugs to meet the demands of multidrug-resistant organisms and hypothetical scenarios for pandemics because
A) they will have an extended period of time to develop drugs if the hypothetical scenarios occur.
B) the development of new drugs for common illnesses is a priority.
C) research is done, but the drugs are too expensive to manufacture.
D) the profit margin is too low to expend time and money on research.
D
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