In a cricket-addicted nation, Dhoni was taking his first cricketing steps at a late stage.
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Also, secondary deals are becoming common parts of late stage deals, which adds to their size.
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Deutsche and Dresdner have discussed a merger before, but talks were abandoned at a late stage.
What else Mr Kloppers can add to the pot at this late stage is hard to see.
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That ought to be enough to persuade the judges to be cautious, even at this late stage.
The firm generally does not do late stage investments like some other firms.
Some of them were CEO positions at very interesting, late stage private companies.
But this second, more pernicious, late stage failure issue has at its heart the same issue you identify: hubris.
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At this late stage they should not be passing blame and hyper-ventilation about cutting economic aid to Islamabad or Kabul.
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Even at this late stage, there are still seven sides in with a realistic chance of claiming that final berth.
He now has 12 drugs in the pipeline, half in late stage, to treat cancer, ulcerative colitis and hepatitis C.
When BMS was getting ready to start late stage clinical trials, they decided to seek a development and co-marketing partner.
Since 1990, Von Hoff says, there have been 34 late-stage trials of drugs aimed at late-stage pancreatic cancer, including this one.
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Oncology is a growing business for Pfizer and it has a broad pipeline of drugs, many in late stage trials.
In select categories, namely seed and late stage, as well as the mobile and social sectors, investment activity became a bit feverish.
Over that time, the number of early (investigational new drug) and late stage applications filed with the agency has remained largely stagnant.
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But I was not prepared for the broad criticism of the companies that took the chance to advance bapi into late stage development.
Entering a social network into the pool at such a relatively late stage, Google needed to exist on its own terms and merits.
"If you can kick them in the right direction, you can enthuse the kids towards science even at that late stage, " he said.
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He points to two late stage lung cancer vaccine trials that could remove any remaining uncertainty about the potential future of cancer vaccines.
This productivity surge is supported by the large number of experimental medicines now in late stage development, especially in the area of oncology.
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Furthermore, late stage venture capital has shifted from consumer to enterprise, making the funding environment considerably more difficult for promising consumer Internet companies.
Surprisingly, there was also a fair degree of criticism that these companies had taken the risk of running late stage studies with bapi.
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He knows he has to pull out all the stops if, at this very late stage, he is to win over opinion behind war.
He has thus far represented a brutal dictatorship and his defection at this late stage in the revolution may be too little too late.
Are we really expected to believe it costs more to screen and treat women early than it does to provide late stage breast cancer treatment?
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Asked about investing in late stage deals, when the IPO market has been negative for consumer Internet lately, Schlein said takes a long term view.
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Johnson had been in an offside position earlier in the move, but the flag went up at a late stage, with Everton celebrating the goal.
But he says there will be a smaller number of firms that can fund companies up and down the stack, from early stage to late stage.
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Good news for Dendreon and its prostate cancer treatment, Provenge: a rival medicine from AstraZeneca, zibotentan, failed to extend survival in a late stage trial.
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