that it is still being researched and there is a risk of serious side effects. Presumably only patients who had failed preexisting therapies, whether for lack of effectiveness or intolerable side effects, would be the ones largely taking the new drug in this phase. When an adequate sample of thousands of patients had been exposed to the drug for a long enough period of time and the side effect profile in the real world was defined, then the drug could be given final, full-fledged approval.

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Shigeru Ban

Shigeru Ban. Image courtesy Shigeru
Ban

By Ulf Meyer

In traditional
Japanese architecture the walls are made of paper. This motive of
the shojiwas
re-introduced into contemporary architecture
by Shigeru Ban - with
great success. The use of recycled paper and cardboard as a
construction material has made him one of the world's most popular
architects.

Born in Tokyo in 1957, Ban studied
architecture in New York and Los Angeles before setting up his own
practice in Tokyo.Ban is best known for
his designs for emergency shelters made of cardboard tubes for
victims of civil wars or earthquakes.

Few people know that
the majority of Ban's work is unrelated to his label as a
'humanistic and ecologically minded' architect. They are glistening
white steel structures that serve as mini villas, photo studios or
dentist offices. Ban became famous in Europe with the Japanese
Pavillon for the EXPO 2000