PAGE A15 F.D.A. Officer Quits in Protest The director of the Food and Drug Administration's office of women's health resigned to protest the agency's decision to further delay approving over-the-counter sales of the morning-after pill, calling it the result of "abortion politics".
Mr. DiGaetano said today that Assembly Republicans would be willing to delay approving any plan for the Meadowlands until the state could produce a "letter of intent" from a developer showing something more than mere interest in creating the Meadowlands sports and entertainment complex foreseen by the governor.
They shouldn't delay approving this deal, especially as any delay would lengthen an awkward period of uncertainty for the corporate couple at the antitrust altar.
For the second time in as many weeks, a top oncologist is advising the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to delay approving Provenge, a prostate cancer medicine developed by a Seattle-based biotech, Dendreon.
"We should be working with residents and not against them and let's, at the very least, delay approving this application so that the rights of the elderly and disabled, and the safety of our children, can be properly and positively ensured via sensible discussion," he said.
But Mr. Grant delayed approving those hires out of budget concerns, a person involved said.
The IMF has delayed approving the so-called "fifth tranche" – worth about €12bn – because it is concerned about Greece's ability to fund itself in 2012.
It delayed approving the austerity package, and not just because Mr Venizelos at first failed to give details of an extra €325m of cuts.
Gov. George E. Pataki voiced an unusually harsh criticism of the Clinton administration today, saying it has delayed approving an important waiver that would allow New York to begin providing coverage to low-income residents without medical insurance.
They say many judges and child welfare officials in Guatemala have delayed approving cases out of fear of increased government scrutiny and prosecution, not because the children should not be approved for adoption.
