The first stage must be to experiment and focus in on getting value quickly.

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As a result of this accidental import, the stage is set for an unplanned evolutionary experiment.

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Patients in a midstage trial of Albuferon reported better quality of life, although the experiment is still at an interim stage.

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Just two months ago, NEA launched the Experiment Fund at Harvard University to invest in very early stage companies in the Boston area.

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One experiment by University of Toronto cancer researcher Robert Kerbel mimicked treating early-stage breast cancer with Pfizer's kidney cancer drug Sutent for short periods of time and then stopping.

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