In Pernambuco Mr Lemos is turning his mistakes to good use by advising other businessmen.

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In the end, these results can't be good for Merck, even though, as de Lemos points out, the inflammation idea is still just a hypothesis.

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James de Lemos of the Univeristy of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, first author of the JAMA paper, says patients in A to Z were getting less-aggressive treatment than those in other trials.

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Thanks to Marco Lemos and Peter Wainwright.

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