These claims haven't been proven yet though, and shocking your own cranium isn't exactly FDA approved.
Traditionally, it will pay for treatment even in some areas that are not FDA approved.
The FDA approved a new pain drug for marketing from Pfizer and Acura Pharmaceuticals.
In late 1997 the FDA approved Rituxan, made by San Diego-based idec Pharmaceuticals Corp.
When the FDA approved the drug in January 2005, the stock jumped 30% in a day.
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Before the panel decision came in, he said he would be "shocked" if the FDA approved Provenge.
The FDA approved the elimination of a third visit to the doctor for the nuclear imaging procedure.
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Last month, the FDA approved a new "form-stable" implant from drug and device maker Allergan Inc.
In January, the FDA approved Isentress for use in children older than two years for HIV therapy.
The wrinkle-smoothing injectible was FDA approved for migraines in 2010 and is now increasingly covered by insurance.
Positive will be moved to the FDA approved product for drug follow up.
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Technically, the FDA approved Teva's application to sell Plan B in this manner.
Patients find themselves in quite a dilemma with FDA approved medications failing, and no other forms of treatments available.
The FDA approved Ranexa for use only when other anti-angina drugs have failed.
The FDA approved the drug based on company studies showing Kadcyla delayed the progression of breast cancer by several months.
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Depomed also has a phase III product that is aiming to become the first FDA approved product for hot flashes.
This approach is different than most other artificial retinal treatments, such as the recently FDA approved Argus II system.
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Acquiring raw materials or finished product outside of the FDA approved and highly regulated logistics chain is difficult, or is impossible.
Last year the FDA approved the Lap-Band's use in patients who are only slightly overweight, but insurers have refused to pay.
On Nov. 18, 2011, the FDA approved the removal of what is a major obstacle to physician adoption and use of Zevalin.
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Since the FDA approved Provenge in April 2010, Dendreon has been supplying the product with 12 workstations at a New Jersey facility.
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In 1989, long before physicians injected Botox into faces, the FDA approved it for patients with debilitating neurological diseases such as dystonia.
Xyrem's shares are down 36% since the FDA approved Xyrem July 17.
In December 2012, the FDA approved Juxtapid (lomitapide) to reduce LDL-C, total cholesterol, apolipoprotein B, and non HDL-C in patients with HoFH.
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Meanwhile, Erbitux is not currently FDA approved for initial treatment of colon cancer, and insurers could balk at paying for earlier Erbitux use.
But the landscape changed a year ago when the FDA approved yet another drug for wet AMD, Eylea, which is sold by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals.
Allison Zieve, a lawyer for Public Citizen, argued that even if the FDA approved the product, a jury could decide whether it was unreasonably dangerous.
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Imagine what the outcry would be if the FDA approved this drug now and, a few years down the road, excess CV events were indeed reported?
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Gupta: In 1989, long before physicians injected Botox into faces to smooth wrinkles, the FDA approved it for patients with debilitating neurological diseases such as dystonia.
Later the same year, the FDA approved Teva's single-pill Plan B formulation and allowed it to be sold without a prescription to women age 17 and older.
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