Now, drug development you might think of as a rather expensive but risky bet, and the odds of this bet are roughly this: they're 10,000 to one against, because you need to screen about 10,000 compounds to find that one potential winner.
Bé, pensareu que el desenvolupament  de medicaments és una aposta bastant cara i arriscada, i que les probabilitats d'encert d'aquesta aposta són aproximadament d'una contra 10.000 perquè cal examinar uns 10.000 components per tal de trobar el guanyador potencial.