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Consumer advocate: The introduction of a new drug into the marketplace should be contingent upon our having a good understanding of its social impact. However, the social impact of the newly marketed antihistamine is far from clear. It is obvious, then, that there should be a general reduction in the pace of bringing to the marketplace new drugs that are now being tested.

Which one of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument?

(A) The social impact of the new antihistamine is much better understood than that of most new drugs being tested
(B) The social impact of some of the new drugs being tested is poorly understood
(C) The economic success of some drugs is inversely proportional to how well we understand their social impact
(D) The new antihistamine is chemically similar to some of the new drugs being tested
(E) The new antihistamine should be on the market only if most new drugs should be on the market also

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Re: Consumer advocate: The introduction of a new drug into the [#permalink] New post   30 May 2018, 07:41
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The answer is A.

We'll use the

Logical

approach, since this question is all about following the logic of the argument.
The claim can be summarised thusly: 1) we shouldn't authorise drugs without enough information, 2) we don't have enough information about antihistamine, 3) conclusion: we should reduce drugs in general.
This argument doesn't make any sense, UNLESS we assume that we know even less about most drugs than we do about antihistamine. This is exactly what (A) tells us.

As always, we can also go the

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(A) The social impact of the new antihistamine is much better understood than that of most new drugs being used great! if we know men less about other drugs, we definitely don't want to approve them
(B) The social impact of some of the new drugs beings tested is poorly understood this does somewhat strengthen the argument somewhat, but not as much as (A). We are only told this about SOME new drugs, whereas the conclusion is about all of them
(C) The economic success of some drugs is inversely proportional to how well we understand their social impact. Which new drugs? how many? and is their economic success high or low? without more information, this doesn't mean much
(D) The new antihistamine is chemically similar to some of the new drugs being tested this tells us SOME of the new drugs should be reduced, but the conclusion is about most of them
(E) The new antihistamine should be on the market only if most new drugs should be on the market also confusing and not informative
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Re: Consumer advocate: The introduction of a new drug into the [#permalink] New post   30 May 2018, 07:36
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(A) The social impact of the new antihistamine is much better understood than that of most new drugs being used
- weakens.
(B) The social impact of some of the new drugs beings tested is poorly understood
- looks good. This gives the reason for reducing the drug in market place.

(C) The economic success of some drugs is inversely proportional to how well we understand their social impact
- OOS
(D) The new antihistamine is chemically similar to some of the new drugs being tested - OOS

(E) The new antihistamine should be on the market only if most new drugs should be on the market also - irrelevant.

IMO B. It seems best.

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(A) The social impact of the new antihistamine is much better understood than that of most new drugs being used
- weakens.
(B) The social impact of some of the new drugs beings tested is poorly understood
- looks good. This gives the reason for reducing the drug in market place.

(C) The economic success of some drugs is inversely proportional to how well we understand their social impact
- OOS
(D) The new antihistamine is chemically similar to some of the new drugs being tested - OOS

(E) The new antihistamine should be on the market only if most new drugs should be on the market also - irrelevant.

IMO B. It seems best.

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Hi SonalSinha803,

This should help if you have further questions regarding B: https://forum.powerscore.com/lsat/viewtopic.php?t=11891
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Re: Consumer advocate: The introduction of a new drug into the [#permalink] New post   30 May 2018, 07:52
I chose B. I dont understand how A is the correct choice. B seems more logical.
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Re: Consumer advocate: The introduction of a new drug into the [#permalink] New post   30 May 2018, 08:12
PrabhaMithila wrote:
I chose B. I dont understand how A is the correct choice. B seems more logical.


Hey PrabhaMithila and also SonalSinha803 - please read my above explanation for why A is right and B is wrong. It hinges on the word "some"
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Re: Consumer advocate: The introduction of a new drug into the [#permalink] New post   06 Jul 2019, 19:14
I can understand A as an answer if the last word in the answer choice was tested. Easy logic to follow. We know little about drug A and we know even less about other drugs therefore we should be hesitant to put them to market. Used is very different and implies that they have already been brought to market. Is this just an oversight or mistake? It obviously happens and people do a great job posting these free resources. If it isn't though, the answer choice just doesn't seem to make sense to me. B would be a better choice since it impacts drugs that are actually tested.
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Re: Consumer advocate: The introduction of a new drug into the [#permalink] New post   19 Sep 2019, 14:53
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Why B is Wrong -
1.) B is Clear inference and not an assumption
2.) Also, B uses "Some"

Why D is Wrong -
1.) It uses "Some" - Good Option but We have better

2<= Some <= 100
Most <= 51

Why A is Correct -
Statement 1 - Social Impact of antihistamine is far from clear (Not Clear at all)
Let's Rate Social Impact of antihistamine out of 10 - 5/10

Statement 2 - The social impact of the new antihistamine is much better than that of MOST new drugs being tested
Let's Rate Social Impact of Most New Drugs out of 10 - 2/10

So, It says basically antihistamine is kinda not reliable, and Most New Drugs are even more unreliable - which strengthens this statement
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Re: Consumer advocate: The introduction of a new drug into the [#permalink] New post   28 Oct 2020, 04:38
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Just to add more as to why A is clearly right.

See how the argument concludes about all "newly being tested" medicines based on the evidence about the "histamins".

Clearly, A strengthens this loophole by stating that "newly tested" ones are even more unknown (social impact) than histamins, which themselves are poorly known socially.

This strengthens by connecting that missing link.

Hope it helps someone.

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