New anti-angina drugs, including nicorandil, already allowed in Europe, and ranolazine, still in clinical trials, may offer more options if they are approved here.
The Food and Drug Administration recently reported that in the last fiscal year it had approved 35 new drugs, a near-record for the decade, of which 24 were approved here before they were approved in any other country.
Six weeks into the term of Gov. Bobby Jindal, an extensive package of ethics bills was approved here this week, signaling a shift in the political culture of a state proud of its brazen style.
The four-page letter, which also calls for "bans on all space weapons," denounces the concept of threatening nuclear retaliation to deter attack and says social injustice is increased by the nuclear arms race, was approved here at a semiannual meeting of the council.
It is politically inconceivable that the Democratic majority in Congress - which voted against CAFTA when it was approved here - would move to punish Costa Rica for its voters having rejected the same agreement.
The endorsement further improved the prospects that the peace plan will be approved in a referendum here on May 22, the same day a similar referendum is being held in Ireland.
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The revised CPDs presented here will be approved by the Board at the January session on a no objection basis, because no members informed the secretariat in writing by 12 December 2003 of their wish to bring a country programme before the Board.
The revised CPDs presented here will be approved by the Board at the January session on a no objection basis, unless at least five members informed the secretariat in writing by 9 December 2005 of their wish to bring a country programme before the Board.
