The phrase "were already approved" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to express that a decision or action has already been given permission or taken place. For example: The contracts were already approved by the board of directors before they were presented to the shareholders.
Fresh Express said that it had informed the F.D.A. about its use of the acid wash mixture, but that it was not required to get approval for the switch because the ingredients were already approved for use in the food industry.
In this case, Dr. Pazdur said, the drugs were already approved for a different indication.
He argued that so many new generating plants were already approved or under construction that Shanghai would soon double its existing capacity.
Some committee members also said that since versions of both drugs were already approved for other uses, doctors could prescribe them off-label for hot flashes.
Last week, Mr. Rowland announced an additional $68 million in budget cuts that were already approved by the General Assembly or that he had the authority to make on his own.
In Hampton, Ga., Maxine Yancy and Michael A. Blaino say they were already approved for a loan modification from their mortgage company, GMAC, only to be informed that their agreement was mysteriously canceled, with the lender still threatening to foreclose on their home.
These devices are already approved or nearing approval for use in the United States, and hence are the most clinically relevant at the present time.
Funds like the ProShares Short fund that are already approved are not affected by the commission's temporary halt of new approvals pending the study.
The drug is already approved for use in Canada.
Rebif is already approved in 70 other countries.
A nearly identical measure was already approved, 57 to 42.
