Words you know: complete the sentences

coexist · Occam's razor · regulatory approval · marketing authorization · Hickam's dictum

• The pharmaceutical company applied for formal ____ with the FDA in Washington.
• According to ____ , the simplest diagnosis involving multiple symptoms is usually correct.
• Conversely, ____ reminds clinicians that patients can suffer from multiple concurrent disorders.
• We must verify whether chronic hypertension and acute nephritis ____ in this case.
• The new surgical robot finally secured federal ____ after extensive clinical trials.

Remember: The formal future

• The medical board [is to / was slated to] review the celebrity protocol breach in Chicago tomorrow.
• The new wing [is expected to / is destined to] open at Johns Hopkins Hospital next month.
• Dr. Evans [is slated to / is to] deliver a keynote speech in Boston on Friday.
• The research facility [is poised to / was to] launch a national trial on medical ethics.

Remember: Noun clauses as subjects and objects

• [What worries me / The fact that] is whether the press discovered the diagnosis.
• We must consider [whether / what] the senator received unauthorized medication.
• [The fact that / How] the bodyguard entered the sterile zone shocked the nurses.
• Nobody understood [how / whether] the patient's medical records were leaked in New York.

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