The Horizontal Integration of Pharmaceutical Companies Helps Lower Costs by Filling

question 11

True/False

The horizontal integration of pharmaceutical companies helps lower costs by filling the need to achieve scale economies in research and development (R&D), sales, and marketing and combining the fixed costs of building a nationwide pharmaceutical sales force.

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