Mark Schoenebaum, the biotech analyst at ISI Group, wrote in a note to investors that his poll of buy side analysts thought that an increase of 6 percentage points would be needed for the result to be meaningful in terms of patient benefit.
Dr. GOSS: Starting this medication late will still afford a lot of additional benefit in terms of reducing recurrence.
McLaren have had little leeway in terms of receiving the benefit of the doubt from the FIA since the 2007 'spygate' row.
Another is that lowering cholesterol with Zetia in addition to Zocor didn't provide a benefit in terms of slowing atherosclerosis.
If you can get extra benefits for yourself or your family members at no cost in terms of your own retirement benefit, go for it.
"The kinds of majors where you learn to integrate mathematics and science with the everyday world have a tremendous benefit in terms of earnings potential, " says PayScale.com's Lee.
Davies said that there was "mounting evidence" of the economic benefit research programmes can have in terms of attracting multi-national companies, but conceded that Welsh universities, in this sense, had "been slow in making this happen".
Because we have increasing evidence that foreign ownership of a firm may actually also benefit firms, specifically in terms of their innovativeness.
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This drug appears to provide a small but significant benefit in terms of cognition.
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But it is not clear why the right to vote, which may bring some benefit in terms of rehabilitation, should be one of them.
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This means that there would be no benefit in terms of quality, if, as some suggest, we were to delay the production of the preliminary estimate.
The other, more immediately practical, argument is that China will benefit in terms of new jobs and fresh flows of foreign investment in a reinvigorated economy.
In effect, a slower start followed by a faster build-up later can get you to the same eventual benefit in terms of reduced emissions, but far more cheaply.
"They don't seem to recognise local authorities already do generally want to advance their local economies, but they get no benefit in terms of their revenue from doing it, " he said.
But in this study, LDL was cut 40% more for the people on Vytorin than those on the older drug Zocor, yet there was no benefit in terms of preventing the buildup of artery plaque.
Raymond Gibbons, a professor at the Mayo Clinic and the AHA's president, said that at the very least, Arcoxia's single benefit in terms of reducing ulcers is likely to come with a big difference in financial cost.
Avastin will provide a benefit, in terms of delay in tumor growth, that would justify those risks.
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MPs have questioned the projected savings and the wider benefit to government in terms of quicker decision-making and greater accountability.
Unlike recipients of cash or cash-equivalent benefits like Social Security or food stamps, you can't measure the benefit of schools in terms of dollars.
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In the subfield of Management people are much more receptive to the idea that Corporate Social Responsibility should also benefit a firm in terms of its profitability.
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Whenever anyone points to the fragility of his business empire, in terms of losses or lack of tangible assets, Mr Branson points to the intangible benefit locked up in his brands.
"The presidents agreed that the strong links between China and the U.S. economies have been a great mutual benefit, both in terms of trade and investment, and they were eager to build on that, " one official said.
And I don't know what the structure, in all honesty, of what is contained in the finance committee's markup package of what -- all the details of what that benefit looks like, the degree to which it goes out in terms of incidence of -- percentage of your income above some percentage of poverty.
Sometimes the benefit can be measured in terms of new jobs created.
Finally, since it produces products relating to refining and construction, Grace is poised to benefit from any economic recovery in terms of construction and an increase in the world demand for oil.
The benefit is only half a percent in terms of extra return.
This is particularly true where the benefit conferred upon the executive director in terms of salary is greater than the value of the services provided.
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Journalists, too, make a cost-benefit analysis about the price of that access in terms of what it takes to remain in the good graces of the corporate insiders who can provide it.
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