Sentence examples for were unapproved from inspiring English sources

The Food and Drug Administration found that its "nanotainers" used to collect blood were unapproved medical devices.

Last year, California passed a law requiring stem cell clinics to post warnings that their treatments were unapproved, and Washington's legislature passed a similar law this year.

Rather, Mr. Cogdell said, the doctor and his staff had patients sign a statement that they knew the drugs were unapproved and experimental.

In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration tried to block the sale of e-cigarettes, claiming that they were unapproved "drug/device combinations".

For example, in 2008 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration FDAA) concluded that e-cigarettes were unapproved drug-delivery devices, and the following year, invoking its authority to regulate drugs and drug-delivery devices under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA, FDCA, or FD&C), the organization initiated action against the import of e-cigarettes.

He said he had also issued 75 warning letters to supplement makers -- a fivefold increase from 2002, before he took office -- and seized millions of dollars worth of supplements that made false health claims or that were unapproved drugs masquerading as supplements.

But anti-abortion groups argue that the off-label uses are unapproved and more dangerous.

"These are unapproved drugs for unapproved uses and we can't guarantee consumers' safety," said Karen Riley, an F.D.A. spokeswoman.

Yves Haddad, a lawyer for the company's founder and chairman, Jean-Claude Mas, said there was no evidence that the product, "even if it was unapproved, is dangerous for health".

"These appear to be unapproved drug device products," said Karen Riley, a spokeswoman for the agency, "and as unapproved products they can't enter the United States".

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