In 25 of those cases, child concern reports were raised and action was taken by police, social work and other agencies, although this may be because of alcoholism or drug use, rather than because someone with access to a child is a sex offender.

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In many cases, it's quicker to simply order a test or prescribe a drug, which takes seconds, rather than go into the pros and cons of a treatment path.

CNN: Doctors and patients should talk more, test less

Today, exits for venture capital investors come about only when a big pharma steps up and actually buys a biotech company rather than simply taking an option or a license on its drug program.

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It needs no massive army of salesmen, since its core customers are a small band of highly specialised doctors, rather than the huge populations with arthritis or hypertension that the big drug firms try to reach.

ECONOMIST: Smooth sailing, so far

However, I have two children with ADHD, and I failed to see the benefit of a drug that would wear off right at suppertime, rather than a few hours before or a few hours after.

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Rather than focusing on money laundering that results from substantive criminal violations, such as mail or wire fraud, drug crimes, or corruption, federal prosecutors are looking instead at weaknesses in the internal procedures employed by financial institutions to prevent laundering.

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