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hiromichi
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 Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 5:22 pm Post subject: setback |
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What does "setback" mean in the context below?
F.D.A. Rejects Diet Pill in Setback for Obesity Drug Development
The Food and Drug Administration rejected another new diet
pill on Thursday, a decision that sharply diminished the
already scarce number of options available to overweight
Americans amid the nation's obesity epidemic.
The rejected drug, called Qnexa, is the third weight loss
drug to suffer a significant setback this month because of
concerns about safety, as federal regulators seem to have
heightened their scrutiny of diet pills that could pose risks
to the heart or other organs.
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pugachevV
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| Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 6:42 am Post subject: |
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| A setback is a reversal or check in progress. You can look it up in your dictionary. |
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hiromichi
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| Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 7:03 am Post subject: |
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Thnks.
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