1. A cancer drug that shows positive results in early laboratory tests
can generate a great deal of interest from cancer patients.
Because of this interest, and the desire to make a profi…t
early in the development cycle, many pharmaceutical
companies rush the new drug to market as quickly as
possible. But positive early results are often misleading,
meaning that the effort to bring the drug to market was largely
wasted. Consequently, the strategy to maximize long-
term profi…t from a new cancer drug is to bring the drug
to market only after its positive effects are more
thoroughly tested and established.

In the argument above, the two portions in boldface play which
of the following roles?

(A) The fi…rst is a consideration that has been raised to argue
that a certain strategy is counterproductive; the second
presents an alternative strategy.
The first strategy mentioned in the first part. The second straregy in the second part . And there is nothing said in 1st bold part that it is counterproductive
(B) The fi…rst is a consideration raised to support the strategy
that the argument recommends; the second presents that
strategy.
No, 2 different strategies in these 2 parts
(C) The fi…rst is a consideration raised to explain the appeal of
a certain strategy; the second presents an alternative
strategy.
Sure!
(D) The fi…rst is an assumption, rejected by the argument,
that has been used to justify a course of action; the
second presents that course of action.
No, it is 2 different strategies
(E) The …first is a consideration that has been used to justify
pursuing a goal that the argument rejects; the second
presents a course of action that has been adopted in
pursuit of that goal.
Tempting. But argument rejects not the goal, but the 1st strategy