"It's quite possible if the wrong person's in charge it could set us back five years, " says Pulver.

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"It helps us back out of the mind set that said something that doesn't work as a single agent isn't going to be a good drug, " said Dr. Winer.

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It created set of reliances and dependencies that is holding us back.

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