The massive costs of clinical trials have contributed to a situation where only a small proportion of potentially valuable ideas or treatments receive funding for translational research.

The massive costs of clinical trials have contributed to an acute situation where only a small proportion of potentially valuable ideas or treatments receive funding for translational research.

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Worldwide investments in the creation of new medicines have already exceeded $100 billion per year, half of which is the cost of clinical trials. Currently, about 10,000 new molecules are at the stage of clinical study, of which about 500 each year reach the 3rd phase of clinical trials - a kind of “finish line” before becoming a drug for widespread medical use.

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achieved status a social position (status) obtained through an individual's own talents and efforts.

affirmative action the requirement that employers make special efforts to recruits hire and promote qualified members of previously excluded groups including women and minorities.

aggregate a collection of unrelated people who do not know one another but who may occupy a common space--for example, a crowd of people crossing a city street.

agrarian societies societies in which large scale cultivation using plows and draft animals is the primary means of subsistence.

alienation the separation or estrangement of individuals from themselves and from others.

amalgamation the biological as well as cultural assimilation (merging) of racial or ethnic groups.

anomalies in science observations or problems that cannot be explained or solved in terms of a prevailing paradigm.

anomie a breakdown or confusion in the norms, values, and culture of a group or a society. a condition of relative normlessness.

anomie theory the theory suggesting that deviance and crime occur when there is an acute gap between cultural norms and goals and the socially structured opportunities for individuals to achieve those goals.

anticipatory socialization the process of taking on the attitudes values and behaviors of a status or role one expects to occupy in the future.

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