One almost insures the other, underscoring the industry's basic weakness — an obsession with hype and fast money.
Yet the group is lobbying the House to pass legislation that would unwind some of those requirements, government records reviewed by The Times show, underscoring the industry's newfound influence.
Nearly 40% of new drugs approved in the US last year were for rare diseases, underscoring the industry's focus on specialised products where competition is limited and annual costs often exceed $100,000£64,21010) per patient.
Underscoring the industry's global growth, 900 of the 3,000 delegates are from international markets representing 72 countries, including Qatar, South Korea, Finland, Kazakhstan, Cambodia and Bangladesh.
"It underscores the industry's commitment to baseball in South Florida," DuPuy said.
As if to underscore the industry's concern in passing the bill, the secretary of homeland security, Janet Napolitano, traveled to San Francisco on Friday to discuss revamping the immigration law with technology executives.
The company's early success underscores the industry's slow but steady progress in personalization — finding ways to match customers with their stated or implied product preferences, and thereby satisfy what analysts say is a central consumer need.
It also underscores the industry's frantic effort to influence the candidates, as Democrats push their proposals to address what many polls show is a top concern among voters.
JPMorgan's latest results — a first-quarter profit of $3.3 billion, even greater than analysts had expected — not only underscored the industry's rapid revival after its worst crisis since the Depression but also hinted at the incipient recovery under way in the broader economy.
Ironically, Mittal's success as a global consolidator only serves to underscore the industry's persistent dilemma: It remains fragmented.
