And for Merck, there is also a point of pride: whether its effort to get a combination of laropiprant and niacin through the Food and Drug Administration was ever a good idea, or was too clever by half.

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This has led to speculation that, should Mr Berlusconi fall, FLI might get together in parliament with centrist groups and the centre-left Democratic Party, a combination that would enjoy a slim majority, to support a technocratic administration.

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An advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration unanimously voted Nov. 14 that Roche's new combination therapy for hepatitis C should be approved.

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Like Tim, Larry Summers also brings a singular combination of skill, intellect and experience to the role he will play in our Administration.

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Due to the lack of evidence of efficacy in early clinical trials, the drug (a combination of two proven cardiac medicines) had been rejected by the Food and Drug Administration nine years previously for approval for patients of all races.

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Juvisync (sitagliptin and simvastatin), a fixed-dose combination (FDC) prescription medication that contains two previously approved medicines in one tablet for use in adults who need both sitagliptin and simvastatin.

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Genentech's Avastin is awaiting Food and Drug Administration approval after a successful phase-III clinical trial that demonstrated its effectiveness in combination with chemotherapy for treating colorectal cancer.

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President Obama wins biggest debtor honors, by a small margin over his predecessor, because of the combination of large outlays to fight the recession and tax revenues at the lowest level since the Truman Administration.

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