But because of the intense scrutiny Zetia is facing, Califf says he will soon reveal a predicted completion date based on the event rate in the trial so far.
BioSante reported that with 2, 869 women enrolled and over 3, 000 women-years of exposure in it LibiGel Phase III cardiovascular and breast cancer safety study, there have been 17 adjudicated cardiovascular (CV) events, with a lower than anticipated event rate of approximately 0.57 percent.
In 1997, the event dropout rate was 3.6 percent for whites, 5.0 percent for African Americans, and 9.5 percent for Hispanics.
While our base case scenario envisions pricing declines to level off due to the growth of the smartphone segment that should offset the downward pricing pressures, we assess the downside risk here in the event that the current rate of pricing declines continue into the future.
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The next potential risk event for the exchange rate between the dollar and the yen could be the Group of 20 finance ministers meeting in Washington set to commence later, where it's possible that representatives of other countries could express their view on Japan's quantitative easing program and its potential impact on the global economy.
To see how this affects funding costs, look at credit default swaps, which typically assume a 40% recovery rate in the event of default.
More hotels (even those without in-house wedding planners) are offering their whole property, giving wedding parties an improved rate and creating exclusive event packages.
So, 2, 500 participants, 2, 035 finishers, so 81.4% success-rate of finishing this event. 466 people who attempted this, or thought about attempting it, did not finish.
It also could be complicated and difficult for his business to revert back to an S-Corp, or partnership, in the event that the current 35% corporate tax rate goes up in the future, he adds.
Trying to conserve her energy, she barely qualified for the final ("Definitely a little bit of a scare, " she said.) She didn't have enough time for a proper cool-down, so as her U.S. teammate Ryan Lochte swam to a fourth-place finish in the men's 200-meter freestyle, Franklin swam slow, lonely laps by herself in the adjacent diving well, trying to lower her heart rate and ready for her main event.
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Although amusement rides are relatively safe overall, individuals with heart conditions should not go on roller coasters, since they can speed up the heart rate and potentially lead to a cardiovascular event.
The rate of seismicity was high before the new event but reduced during the eruption and overnight has remained at a low level.
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The company launched four funds earlier this summer called the Rydex SGI Event Driven and Distressed Strategies Fund, the Long Short Interest Rate Strategy Fund, the Long Short Equity Fund and the Alternative Strategies Fund.
This was the fourth event - the start of a renewed collapse of the birth rate, perhaps its longest and fastest ever, only a year later, quite unlike the more sustained boom of the 1960s and completing a sequence of down, up and then down again in the space of a few years by magnitudes that make you wonder how midwives, hospitals, schools and others coped on this rollercoaster.
Dr Melnick explained that to predict an earthquake's magnitude, seismologists multiply plate convergence rate by the number of years since the last great event.
In any event, he wants wages to keep up with the 2-percent rate of price inflation that is his goal.
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"I rate the World Tour Finals after Grand Slams as the biggest event in our sport, so being the title defender is a big responsibility, but I don't think I'm the favourite, " he tells BBC Sport after the photo call ends.
"With the number of college graduates who can't find work or who can only find work well beneath their skill level, I fully support the effort to extend the low interest rate on student loans, " Romney said before a campaign event in Astor, Pennsylvania on Monday.
Played every year since 1967 to determine the champion of the NFL, the Super Bowl is the most-watched annual sports event in the U.S., and also commands the highest television adverting rate.
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Patients who had the new method had a higher rate of strokes or near strokes at 1 year, amounting to an additional event for every 25 patients undergoing the new method compared with surgery.
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Twitter says that about 130, 000 tweets per minute were posted about the new pope, a rate it described as "very high" given that it was not a prime-time event.
If a very bad event is expected every 100 years, instead of, say, every 133 years, he calculates that the real rate of return on 'safe' bonds could fall from 3.7 per cent to 2.3%.
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