That is where biomarkers make a difference. They can help drug makers to design clinical studies that will show a high “relative treatment difference” between the drug and whatever it is being compared to (often a placebo, but sometimes another treatment).
这时，生物指标的威力就显现出来了。利用生物指标，制药公司所设计的临床研究可以显示出试验药物和对比疗法（通常是无效对照剂，但有时也会是另一种疗法）之间的高度“相对疗法区别”。