failure
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In recent years, GSK has largely gone after deals for drugs with proven disease targets, rather than novel mechanisms that carry a higher risk of failure.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
Among these patients, finerenone lowered the risk of kidney failure or CKD progression by 26% compared with placebo.
From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026
Pro-business Paz took office in November promising to resolve the country's worst economic crisis in decades, but his unpopular economic reforms and failure to respond to social demands have roused public ire.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
The police found the original decision to be correct, but a police chief described the failure to search Sullivan's property for "items to support the investigation" as a "missed opportunity".
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
Although his panicked gang scattered after that ridiculous failure, Booth hoped to try again.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
Vocabulary lists containing failure
"Principles of Business," Vocabulary from Chapter 6
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