in phase

1. Also, in sync. In a correlated or synchronized way; in accord, in harmony. For example, If everyone were in phase we could step up the schedule, or John and Pat often say the same thing at the same time; their minds are perfectly in sync. Both versions of this idiom refer to physical phenomena. The first, dating from the second half of the 1800s, alludes to being at the same stage in a series of movements. The second, a slangy abbreviation of synchronization dating from the mid-1900s, alludes to exact coincidence in the time or rate of movement. Also see in step; phase in; for the antonym, see out of phase.

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In phase one, each referee will have an earpiece clipped on their uniform, referees able to unclip the earpiece and place it in their ears only during instant replay review and as needed during other game stoppages, but not during live play.

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A deal for Novo Nordisk would bring Metsera’s pipeline of developmental injectable and oral obesity treatments to its portfolio, including a once-monthly jab that is in Phase 2 development.

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The deal will give Genmab access to the late-stage breakthrough therapy asset petosemtamab, which is in phase 3 development by Merus to treat head and neck cancer.

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Akero has a a drug in Phase 3 development for a treatment for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis, or MASH.

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We ascribe $3 billion of revenue to Amgen’s GLP-1 drug, MariTide, in Phase 3 clinical trials, which we view as potentially differentiated.

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