If the Price of the AIDS Drug Combivir Was Driven

question 90

Multiple Choice

If the price of the AIDS drug Combivir was driven down to marginal cost by competition:

• A) fewer people would use Combivir.
• B) there would be less incentive to invest in creating the next improved AIDS drug.
• C) deadweight loss would increase.
• D) GlaxoSmithKline's profits would increase.

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