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Suppose the pharmaceutical company Telgene has monopoly in a specific drug market due to 40 years of patent protection on its product to cover the cost of innovation

Economics Dec 03, 2020

Suppose the pharmaceutical company Telgene has monopoly in a specific drug market due to 40 years of patent protection on its product to cover the cost of innovation. The company faces the following inverse demand curve: P= 150 - 3 Q, where Q is the number of treatments in thousands and P is the price of a treatment in dollars. Assume that the marginal cost of the treatment is constant at $30. a. Solve for the firm's profit-maximizing output and price when the firm act like a true monopolist and sells all units of good at the same price. Denote them as the monopoly price and quantity (PM, QM). (4 pts) b. Solve for the firm's profit-maximizing output and price if the monopolist behaved like a perfectly competitive firm. Denote them as the competitive price and quantity (PaQ2). 

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