When repurposed for uses that are ho-hum at best or redundant at worst, data is not nearly as interesting.
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But for drug companies to actively pitch their drugs for uses that aren't sanctioned by the FDA crosses legal and ethical boundaries.
ADM's factory in Clinton, Iowa will produce PHA for uses such as antiweed sheets for farmers to lay over their tilled fields.
Indeed, many drugs are prescribed for uses the FDA has not green-lighted.
The reason is simple: drug companies are prohibited from pro-actively sharing information about their products for uses beyond what the FDA has approved.
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One potential silver lining: Data for studies testing the drugs for uses that are not approved appear likely to make it onto the Web.
Many patients get it at low doses for uses that have not been well studied, such as treating insomnia and agitation in Alzheimer's disease.
Physicians can legally prescribe medications for uses not specifically approved by the FDA. But most obesity doctors do so cautiously given the history of diet pills removed from the market due to serious side effects including death.
Instead of focusing on new drugs, why not look for new uses for old ones?
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In a review of top uses for picture phones this year, Textually have found examples ranging from business to personal uses for the technology.
Some users may not mind the price or bulk of the Surface Pro if it frees them from carrying a tablet for some uses and a laptop for others.
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But McKee Foods still uses Oracle for its financial system, and Oracle, it turns out, has acquired the software firms McKee uses for manufacturing.
One of the lessons is the value of looking for new uses of drugs that have already been developed for some other disease and are already known to be safe in humans.
And its purity and large surface area make it suitable for medical uses too: from aiding drug delivery to building new tissue for regenerative medicine.
Vineyards were adapted for other uses, and what was left was set to producing mass quantities of harsh reds and pallid whites for export to Russia, Poland and elsewhere in the Eastern bloc.
Japan has not suffered in recent years for a shortage of cash, but rather for a shortage of productive uses for capital.
The idea that Joe Sixpack is paying taxes and Phil Driscoll is being given tax breaks for money he uses to pay for vacation homes is both abhorrent and absurd to this retired SBC pastor who continues to receive part of his retirement in the form of a housing allowance.
The switch to all-digital TV has released chunks of broadcasting spectrum for other uses.
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The hospital said the integration would also free-up four clinic rooms for other uses.
Currently, the Federal Communications Commission cannot independently make additional broadband spectrum available for innovative uses.
Then take these tips from the pros: Don't tap partnership money for personal uses.
With production stable and demand falling for industrial uses, why would silver prices rise?
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He explained his firm had already replaced their laptops with iPads for most uses.
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The crystal bears, ducks and monkeys have a "shape that allows for various uses, " says Mr. Hayon.
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Airware also has a customer in Africa that uses drones for anti-poaching uses to protect the white rhino.
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Traditionally, the government has architected systems (e.g. databases or applications) for specific uses at specific points in time.
Of the companies buying Atom for embedded uses, such as industrial automation, 40% are new customers to Intel.
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In addition, when they were originally designed, the Defense Department had different needs and different expectations for their uses.
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