First and foremost he wants to help patients for whom drugs that could prolong or improve their quality of life do sometimes exist but aren't yet "approved" and readily available.
It targets patients who are typically up against time (e.g. specific types of cancer) and for whom drugs that could prolong or improve their quality of life do sometimes exist but aren't yet "approved" and readily available on the market, even though positive trials have been conducted.
As both agents are clinically approved and readily available, this regimen constitutes a valid alternative for patients with relapsed or refractory CLL.
ImClone's application to sell Erbitux was turned down by the Food and Drug Administration in December after the company had predicted the drug would be readily approved and after Bristol-Myers Squibb hagreedeed to pay $2 billion for marketing rights.
The Supreme Court let stand the lower court's finding that the Agriculture Department had too readily approved wide use of the seed, but said the court should not have stopped the department from considering limited planting in places where it would be isolated from conventional alfalfa.
To him, the books presented a new and handsome system which would be readily approved by those with eyesight.
Before the world knew The World is Flat, Friedman was floating the idea here under the Benedict Music Tent, telling those who read his every word that his insta-book tome on f-l-a-t-n-e-s-s, required nothing more than the 90-day leave his editor at the paper so readily approved.
For all questions, if not stated otherwise, it was assumed that any drug recommended must have been approved and was readily available, no treatment contraindications existed and no clinical trial was available.
Readily available, approved drugs with immune-modulating activities might prove to be a treatment option in combination with existing antiviral agents and supportive care.
In addition, modeling mutations in three dimensions (if a crystal structure of the target has been solved) would allow approved drugs to be readily screened in silico against the mutant and normal targets.
