Word: succession
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...market to make male hormonal contraceptives worthwhile. The German drug giant Schering halted its development program in 2006 (after its high-profile acquisition by Bayer), and other drug companies quickly followed suit, abandoning several projects that were - at least by the researchers' accounts - on the verge of success...
...Amory, who has spearheaded much of the male contraceptive research at the University of Washington. He says the science needs to progress before researchers can blame Big Pharma for dragging its heels. Amory's most recent treatment, a daily testosterone gel combined with a quarterly injection, showed a 90% success rate in trials, but, he says, "if we had a compound that was 99% effective, then the drug companies would be on board, the FDA [Food and Drug Administration] would be on board, and consumers would embrace...
...player to make the deal, it will raise his salary to $400,000 a week. And the mutinous grumbling of at least one of his prospective Madrid teammates is a reminder of the trickle-down economics of soccer's wage inflation: it's a team game, in which success on the field requires harmony in the dressing room; so the more clubs pay their superstars, the more they'll ultimately have to pay their regular stars...
...hold on to their best players. Even such legendary clubs as Arsenal and Liverpool in England, both of which reached the final four of last season's élite European Champion's League, are unable to match the financial muscle of Chelsea or Real Madrid, lowering their prospects for success...
...however, in a system in which money builds success and success brings in more money, Europe's richest soccer clubs are probably going to get richer while the rest will struggle to keep pace...