Sentence examples for fda approve from inspiring English sources

Johnson & Johnson went before a U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory committee yesterday seeking a recommendation that the FDA approve Cypher, its drug-coated stent, in the U.S. (The product has been on the market in Europe since early 2002).

For more than 12 hours, the committee heard scientific evidence and impassioned arguments for and against, ultimately recommending that FDA approve the use of the drug Truvada for what's called pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP).

The drug was not FDA approved for treating multiple myeloma, but Baron's father has friends in the right places – Lance Armstrong, President Bill Clinton, Senator John Kerry, Senator Tom Harkin and Senator Ted Kennedy all personally requested that the FDA approve the use.

Would the FDA approve a drug that had adverse effects twice as often as positive effects?

Although the FDA has twice rejected approval of the drug, arguing the potential side effects, including nausea, fainting, dizziness, low-blood pressure, and sleepiness, outweigh the benefits, an advisory committee to the FDA voted earlier this month to recommend that the FDA approve the drug, called flibanserin, under certain conditions.

This is the law that created the Food and Drug Administration FDAA) which required that the FDA approve drugs intended for human consumption, that certain drugs be available only by prescription, and that drugs that were habit forming needed to be labeled as such (Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906, United States Statutes at Large (59th Cong., Sess. I, Chp. 3915, p. 768 772)).

Additionally, the reason natural medicines are not "FDA approved" is simply that the FDA does not govern, nor approve, the medicinal use of natural substances.

There are also tote bags (in two sizes) and a water bottle — a plastic one, but "FDA approved" and "Prop 65 compliant".

Another big plus for Omega: In 1997 the fda approved the use of menhaden oil as an ingredient in food.

In a sense, "FDA approved" is the brand that the entire $216 billion U.S. drug market is founded upon.

Zocor's sales jumped in 1995 when the fda approved it as a product to prevent heart disease in patients who had already suffered a heart attack.  .  .