If it gets approval, it would be the first measure approved for the 2012 Colorado election.
If ranolazine wins approval, it would be the company's first product.
If the drug wins government approval, it would be available as a prescription-only injection at first.
If he somehow recovers his footing and wins approval, it would be hard for his successors to argue that they need not follow his lead.
Other social scientists also say that, had LaCour obtained IRB approval, it would be unusual for an IRB to require a researcher to destroy all of their raw data, but such approvals often do require researchers to "de-identify" data, or strip it of any identifying features, such as names, addresses, or phone numbers.
Accordingly, Mr. Nihamin said, if the tenants later changed their plans -- thereby prompting the board to withdraw its approval -- it would be the tenants' own actions that resulted in their inability to move into the apartment.
The Justice Department added some minor caveats to its approval, but it would be a big surprise if the commission rejected SBC's petition now.
And if the Supreme Court rules that the N.P.V. compact can't go into effect until it get congressional approval, then it would be up to N.P.V. supporters to, yes, get congressional approval.
Two of them, Sidney Wolfe of Public Citizen, a public health watchdog group in Washington, D.C., and David Egilman of Brown University, argued that if Avandia were up for approval today, it would be rejected.
On Thursday, one of the panel members who voted for approval also said it would be important to watch what happens once Truvada gains greater use, especially in terms of drug resistance, and to make changes if something goes wrong.
