Next, the concerned companies need to apply for authorisation, which involves much cost and work and an uncertain outcome.
Republicans are also under pressure to lift their refusal to pass a separate spending authorisation, which precipiated a partial shutdown of the government, leading to the lockout of an estimated 800,000 federal workers.
This is expected to require judicial authorisation, which is likely to be in the form of a panel of specially trained retired judges and requests will have to be targeted and limited.
It added: "We do not believe that officers should enter into intimate, physical sexual relationships while using their false identities undercover without clear, prior authorisation, which should only be given in the most exceptional circumstances.
The EMA developed a pioneer pathway for biosimilar market authorisation, which includes specific guidelines on how to address similarity for different biological medicines.
But without the lasting power of attorney, many relatively mundane choices would require authorisation, which could take months each time.
However, their removal, too, required authorisation, which they didn't have.
Perhaps this is why Lee now insists she did not give permission or authorisation – which is both understandable, and if true, rather naive.
My staff noted that, in addition to the regular allotment issued to the ADG/RR, regional officers did receive, direct from their technical departments at headquarters and unbeknownst to the ADG/RR, authorisations to spend in the form of "field authorisations" which were charged against headquarters budget entities.
Connecticut senator Chris Murphy, a Democrat, said he was struck by how many Senate Republicans are committed to a straight re-authorisation – which he called a "non-starter".
