QuadroVax Is Investing Heavily in Research and Development on New

question 20

Multiple Choice

QuadroVax is investing heavily in research and development on new methods of vaccine development that would speed up the creation of vaccines for newly emerging viruses and to get these vaccines to the market rapidly.QuadroVax's shareholders can expect:

• A) immediate wealth creation.
• B) a long wait for an uncertain payoff.
• C) a long wait for a high probability payoff.
• D) a large payoff in the short term with rapidly decreasing wealth generation in the longer run.

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