Therefore, increasing the number of patients in a study also increases the likelihood that the results will be good enough to pass muster with the FDA. Imagine, Warrell says, realizing that your study would have been good enough with only 50 more patients--and then having to start over from scratch.

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And if this continues then we end up with only Germany with a good enough credit rating to support the funds.

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Meanwhile, an engineer who is concerned with getting every passenger a really good network signal can see if the weak signals are propagating through the airplane with enough power to provide a good usability experience.

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