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  • noun At or in an intermediate stage, between beginning and completion

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mid- +‎ stage

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Examples

  • Bristol-Myers is measuring certain biomarkers in the brain and spinal fluid associated with Alzheimer's pathology to pick participants with very mild or no symptoms for its midstage clinical trial testing of whether a drug called avagacestat can prevent "pre-dementia" patients from progressing to full-fledged Alzheimer's, said Bristol-Myers's Mr. Feldman.

    Research Points to Alzheimer's Early Toll Shirley S. Wang 2011

  • One midstage study published in Nature Medicine in 2007 showed Lilly's drug improved symptoms versus a placebo and didn't increase the risk of weight gain.

    Lilly Tests New Schizophrenia Drug Peter Loftus 2011

  • Another antibody-based compound, identified only as "anti-PD1," will soon begin midstage testing for solid tumors, starting with kidney tumors.

    Bristol-Myers pitches its cancer medicine pipeline 2011

  • Meanwhile, he says, the company could attract partners for its experimental asthma drug CRTH2, which is in midstage trials.

    Defending his Actelion Strategy Goran Mijuk 2011

  • Biotechnology company Xoma plunged 1.50, or 30%, to 3.52, after the group said a midstage study of its experimental diabetes treatment didn't meet its primary endpoint.

    Alcoa Leads Dow's Rise Brendan Conway 2011

  • Another antibody-based compound, identified only as "anti-PD1," will soon begin midstage testing for solid tumors, starting with kidney tumors.

    Bristol-Myers pitches its cancer medicine pipeline 2011

  • Mr. Porges recently said the midstage study, called Discover, was unlikely to show a similar response to the late-stage Strive study because VX-770 was designed specifically to address a mutation known as G551d.

    Vertex Reports Success of Cystic Fibrosis Drug Thomas Gryta 2011

  • The Cambridge, Mass., drug developer also reported that the outcome of a midstage trial of the drug in a more common form of the disease failed to show significant effectiveness.

    Vertex Reports Success of Cystic Fibrosis Drug Thomas Gryta 2011

  • And on Monday, Exelixis Inc. reported promising results from a midstage, or Phase II, study of its drug cabozantinib, in advanced prostate cancer.

    Bayer Drug Shows Promise in Treating Prostate Cancer Ron Winslow 2011

  • NEW YORK— Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. reported interim data from a small midstage study that showed a potential benefit of combining two of its pipeline drugs to treat cystic fibrosis.

    Vertex Reports Positive Test of Cystic Fibrosis Treatment Thomas Gryta 2011

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