Adding to the gloom is the risk that blockbuster drugs sometimes cause more harm than good to both patient and drug company.

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Polling in both Europe and America suggests that a majority of locals think immigrants do more harm than good and damage locals' chances in the job market.

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While there are plenty of repeat offenders I could put on this list, these five words in particular continually do more harm than good for businesses both fledgling and established.

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Democrats say it does more good by a huge margin, 73% to 15%, while both Republicans (17% more good-76% more harm) and independents (40% more good, 51% more harm) are cool towards it.

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