The F.D.A. approved Viread for use in combination with other H.I.V. drugs.
Panobinostat is approved in several countries for use in combination with bortezomib and dexamethasone in patients with multiple myeloma.
TriLipix is the focus of the F.D.A.'s review because TriCor is not approved for use in combination with a statin treatment.
The companies now will be able to sell the drug for use in combination with standard chemotherapy as an initial treatment for patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, a fast-growing form of the disease.
The Food and Drug Administration said it had approved the drug for use in combination with Idec's Rituxan when patients do not respond to Rituxan alone or conventional chemotherapy.
Eloxatin was approved for use in combination with 5-FU in patients who failed to respond to the combination of 5-FU and irinotecan now used for initial therapy.
If they could get a vaccine of at least 50% efficacy for use in combination with other prevention tools, such as condoms, antiretroviral drugs and circumcision, "that will be a major, major advance", he said.
However, the degree to which cortical bone should be demineralized for use in combination with adipose-derived mesenchymal stromal cells (Ad-MSCs) remains to be clarified.
No new agents have been approved for use in combination with docetaxel chemotherapy, the current standard of care for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.
Previous studies have shown that field plot sizes found suitable for pure field surveys may be sub-optimal for use in combination with remotely sensed data.
And, most important, one day later this year, the Food and Drug Administration is expected to approve an ICN drug, ribavirin, for use in combination with Intron A, manufactured by Schering-Plough, treateat relapsed hepatitis C patients.
