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21 May 2019, 04:07
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Journalist: The FDA's new requirements for drug approval, which took effect for drugs submitted for approval this year, have already had a marked effect on the public health. The number of new drugs introduced into the market this year has decreased by sixty percent from last year. Clearly, important and necessary treatments, including a newly discovered cancer treatment, are being withheld from the sick this year.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously undermines the journalist's argument?
(A) The time required for a drug to gain FDA approval under the old FDA standards was a minimum of three years.
(B) The majority of drugs introduced last year were intended for use in the treatment of non-fatal illnesses.
(C) Many legislators cite the expense of the FDA approval process as the most serious barrier to affordable health care in this country.
(D) Many researchers tout the newly discovered cancer treatment as a possible cure for cancer.
(E) Most drugs developed in the United States are approved for sale in Europe years before they receive approval by the FDA.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously undermines the journalist's argument?
(A) The time required for a drug to gain FDA approval under the old FDA standards was a minimum of three years.
(B) The majority of drugs introduced last year were intended for use in the treatment of non-fatal illnesses.
(C) Many legislators cite the expense of the FDA approval process as the most serious barrier to affordable health care in this country.
(D) Many researchers tout the newly discovered cancer treatment as a possible cure for cancer.
(E) Most drugs developed in the United States are approved for sale in Europe years before they receive approval by the FDA.
21 May 2019, 05:18
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Which of the following, if true, most seriously undermines the journalist's argument?
Conclusion : Important and necessary are being withheld from the sick this year.
Support : The number of new drugs introduced into the market this year has decreased by sixty percent from last year
Weakner : To show that drop in %age of drugs introduced will not affect the critical treatments.
(A) The time required for a drug to gain FDA approval under the old FDA standards was a minimum of three years.
Comparison between the two standards does not help.
(B) The majority of drugs introduced last year were intended for use in the treatment of non-fatal illnesses.
Keep it. It shows the percentage calculated as 60% may not affect the critical drugs. What if the %age of drugs for critical treatments remains the same.
(C) Many legislators cite the expense of the FDA approval process as the most serious barrier to affordable health care in this country.
Expense is Irrelevant for us in this case.
(D) Many researchers tout the newly discovered cancer treatment as a possible cure for cancer.
Irrelevant.
(E) Most drugs developed in the United States are approved for sale in Europe years before they receive approval by the FDA.
Irrelevant.
Hence B
21 May 2019, 09:55
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IMO A;
given in the end ;Clearly, important and necessary treatments, including a newly discovered cancer treatment, are being withheld from the sick this year.
we need to find answer option which weakens this claim with an alternate cause for this reason ...
option A ;The time required for a drug to gain FDA approval under the old FDA standards was a minimum of three years; this gives a different reason for the decrease in the new drugs and weakens the idea that it's the FDA's new requirements & attacks the relevance of the 1 year comparison.
rest all options are irrelevant..
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