Drug companies tend to attribute higher drug prices on

A. the low percentage of attempts that actually result in revenue producing drugs.
B. long testing processes.
C. the low percentage of attempts that actually result in revenue producing drugs and long testing processes.
D. doctors distributing too many free samples.


Answer: C

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