Drug companies sometimes hire independent research laboratories to evaluate whet

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Drug companies sometimes hire independent research laboratories to evaluate whether a drug they've discovered is effective or not in treating an illness. Companies MOST LIKELY do this to:

a) learn whether the public is likely to buy the drug.
b) reduce public fear that the drug is actually a poison.
c) demonstrate that the scientists conducting the trial are not biased in concluding that the drug is effective.
d) find out if the drug can pass governmental approval.
e) test whether the drug is toxic to animals.

Explanation / Answer

I believe the answer is C. It is the aim of the scientific method to create replicable results. Drug companies are private, for profit organizations whereas the third party scientists in this question represent an unbiased party. It is to the benefit of the drug companies to get an outside source to say that their "scientific" results of whatever drug they are trying to market are in fact, replicable, and therefore truly scientific results.

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