Before the Patent Expired on Allergy Medicine Claritin, Pharmaceutical Company

question 188

Multiple Choice

Before the patent expired on allergy medicine Claritin, pharmaceutical company Schering-Plough was able to set its own price in the marketplace. From which type of competition did the company benefit?

• A) oligopoly
• B) pure competition
• C) monopolistic competition
• D) monopoly

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