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Pharmaceuticals production is a multi-billion dollar industry. Companies are constantly doing research, forming patents and creating new products that are intended to alleviate some type of pain or disease. This relentless production of pharmaceuticals, therefore, will result in an increase of health standards.
Which of the following, if true, undermines the author's conclusion?
A. Pharmaceutical patents protect products from being illegally replicated for twenty years.
B. The mass-production of pharmaceuticals is a process that draws upon professionals from a wide range of fields.
C. Techniques for diagnosis have greatly improved, increasing the chances of early illness identification, which dramatically improves the chances of treating most treatable illnesses.
D. Statistics show that due to the increase in diversity and applications of pharmaceutical products, more people today use such products than ever before.
E. The business aspect of producing pharmaceuticals drives companies to test products over a short period of time, sometimes missing undesired side-effects.
Which of the following, if true, undermines the author's conclusion?
A. Pharmaceutical patents protect products from being illegally replicated for twenty years.
B. The mass-production of pharmaceuticals is a process that draws upon professionals from a wide range of fields.
C. Techniques for diagnosis have greatly improved, increasing the chances of early illness identification, which dramatically improves the chances of treating most treatable illnesses.
D. Statistics show that due to the increase in diversity and applications of pharmaceutical products, more people today use such products than ever before.
E. The business aspect of producing pharmaceuticals drives companies to test products over a short period of time, sometimes missing undesired side-effects.
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Conclusion: Continuous research and production of pharmaceuticals will increase health standards.
A. Pharmaceutical patents protect products from being illegally replicated for twenty years. Nope. Irrelevant topic. Not related to conclusion.
B. The mass-production of pharmaceuticals is a process that draws upon professionals from a wide range of fields. Nope. Again irrelevant topic.
C. Techniques for diagnosis have greatly improved, increasing the chances of early illness identification, which dramatically improves the chances of treating most treatable illnesses. Tempting. But even if diagnosis technique improves, it does not say anything about impact of pharmaceuticals.
D. Statistics show that due to the increase in diversity and applications of pharmaceutical products, more people today use such products than ever before. This in fact strengthens the argument instead of weakening it.
E. The business aspect of producing pharmaceuticals drives companies to test products over a short period of time, sometimes missing undesired side-effects. Correct. If the side-effects are missed, it can cause more harm than good.
A. Pharmaceutical patents protect products from being illegally replicated for twenty years. Nope. Irrelevant topic. Not related to conclusion.
B. The mass-production of pharmaceuticals is a process that draws upon professionals from a wide range of fields. Nope. Again irrelevant topic.
C. Techniques for diagnosis have greatly improved, increasing the chances of early illness identification, which dramatically improves the chances of treating most treatable illnesses. Tempting. But even if diagnosis technique improves, it does not say anything about impact of pharmaceuticals.
D. Statistics show that due to the increase in diversity and applications of pharmaceutical products, more people today use such products than ever before. This in fact strengthens the argument instead of weakening it.
E. The business aspect of producing pharmaceuticals drives companies to test products over a short period of time, sometimes missing undesired side-effects. Correct. If the side-effects are missed, it can cause more harm than good.
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Pharmaceuticals production is a multi-billion dollar industry. Companies are constantly doing research, forming patents and creating new products that are intended to alleviate some type of pain or disease. This relentless production of pharmaceuticals, therefore, will result in an increase of health standards.
Which of the following, if true, undermines the author's conclusion?
A. Pharmaceutical patents protect products from being illegally replicated for twenty years.
Incorrect.
To solve this Conclusion Weakening question, first break down the argument. The first two sentences contain premises which provide factual data; the last sentence includes the conclusion conjunction therefore so it's the argument's conclusion:
- Premise A: pharmaceuticals are a multi-billion dollar industry
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Premise B: new products are constantly being created
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Conclusion: because so many products are being made, people will be healthier
Possible assumption: new pharmaceuticals are always successful in healing illnesses
Weakening Data: ?
You are required to find data that weakens the conclusion that the more new drugs are available, the healthier people will be. The correct answer could be one that exposes the argument's assumption.
This answer choice neither weakens nor strengthens the conclusion since the conclusion does not refer to pharmaceutical patents or their replication.
B. The mass-production of pharmaceuticals is a process that draws upon professionals from a wide range of fields.
Incorrect.
This answer choice neither weakens nor strengthens the conclusion since the people behind the process of manufacturing pharmaceuticals are not a factor that affects the issue of public health.
C. Techniques for diagnosis have greatly improved, increasing the chances of early illness identification, which dramatically improves the chances of treating most treatable illnesses.
Incorrect.
This answer choice neither weakens nor strengthens the conclusion as it relates only to the public health aspect of the conclusion, and ignores the link the author made to the pharmaceutical industry.
D. Statistics show that due to the increase in diversity and applications of pharmaceutical products, more people today use such products than ever before.
Incorrect.
This answer choice neither weakens nor strengthens the conclusion as the fact more people use pharmaceuticals does not imply anything about their benefits to the consumers' health. This vast use of pharmaceuticals may be simply because they are more available than ever.
E. The business aspect of producing pharmaceuticals drives companies to test products over a short period of time, sometimes missing undesired side-effects.
This answer choice attacks the author's assumption. The conclusion is a cause-and-effect relationship: more new drugs -> better health. This answer choice undermines the logic of this relationship by telling us that because drugs are only tested briefly, some of them can actually have a negative effect on patients.
