Italy were able to hang on for the win but they look a shadow of the side that defeated both Scotland and Wales in this year's Six Nations and their inability to claim a bonus point could prove costly.

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They look forward to feeling both emotionally and physically lighter on the other side of the Atlantic.

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You look both ways and cross, confident you will arrive on the other side safely and securely.

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Neither side is winning, and this year both sides look particularly weak.

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And that forces you to look at both sides of the profit equation, working on the revenue side and working on the cost side.

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Unless differences in tolerability and side effects emerge, if both drugs are approved, doctors may look at the data and go with the Vertex drug first because its cure rates appear to be a few percentage points higher.

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