GARCIA-NAVARRO: Stillwater says getting approval from the U.S. military to come here was the hardest part.
Getting approval for any transgenic crop or food is like running a torturous gauntlet, both arduous and bureaucratic.
One was probably to a client, something about meeting deadlines, and getting approval.
But industry analysts have suggested it could take longer, as getting approval for the redesigned batteries could take several months.
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It is more than a year away from getting approval to treat pain from bone cancer lesions and is targeting prostate, breast and brain tumors.
And then getting approval of it and going on to execute.
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But getting approval to bury the utility lines took 18 months, and she has to go through appraisals and re-appraisals to be able to buy the property.
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Tymoshenko, without getting approval from the cabinet, dragged Ukraine into a financial contract that forces the country to pay higher prices for gas than any other European country.
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Getting approval was made harder and took longer because the FDA had no other peer-reviewed research outside of Geron's to consult as it reviewed the proposal, he said.
Because these products are regulated as devices not drugs, they often have an easier time getting approval, according to Anne Marie Fields, Biomatrix's vice president of investor relations.
Getting approval to open a nursing college in India can take years even though there is a dire shortage of nurses, with only 30% of nursing jobs in rural hospitals filled.
The program is attracting mostly international students who believe it will provide a route to the U.S. Here, too, there have been holdups: delays in obtaining visas and getting approval for student loans.
If the property is already zoned for a child care center, getting approval should be a snap--unless you're planning to serve hot meals for children, in which case you'll need to meet requirements similar to a restaurant's.
Undaunted by her reception at the conference, Ms. Swan went back to the other participants in the trial and suggested that they pursue a more professional tack including getting approval for the next phase of the trial from an institutional review board, just as traditional studies do.
More recently shares in EcoSecurities, an Irish broker, plunged 47% in November after it disclosed problems in getting approval from the United Nations, which must verify that projects reduce emissions of CO 2 and other greenhouse gases, for carbon-mitigation projects much like those Evolution is chasing in developing countries.
One of the big problems in getting approval for Erbitux, the cancer drug developed by ImClone (nasdaq: IMCL - news - people ) and Bristol-Myers Squibb (nyse: BMY - news - people ), was that it only had data showing it shrank tumors, not that it helped patients.
The grounds were that she had solicited donations for a clinic without getting council approval.
I--I think what I said was that I felt that it was getting his approval.
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You can prevent a lot of billing problems by getting prior approval for treatments from your insurance company.
And, today, there are the huge fees associated with getting regulatory approval for rate adjustments and the permitting process.
Most observers agree that getting congressional approval on either issue won't be easy.
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With the strong efficacy exhibited in clinical trials, we believe the probability of T-DM1 getting FDA approval has increased significantly.
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Bechtel also nudged Al Abadi Group, a construction firm from Basra, to supply manpower, trucks and forklifts to start port repairs before getting proper approval.
We have very little flexibility to move money around the Pentagon budget without getting congressional approval for reprogrammings, which is always a complicated and time-consuming process.
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Getting league approval is a bit like becoming a craftsman to Queen Elizabeth II: The royal household may not spend a lot, but it opens an important door to bigger deals with the commoners.
Mr Daschle's appointment, at a bare minimum, suggests that Mr Obama understands the main lesson of the HillaryCare debacle: that the hardest thing about any big and tricky reform (and health care is the biggest and trickiest of the lot) is getting congressional approval.
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And yes, Robinhood is already in the process of getting the regulatory approval to pull this off.
Getting final regulatory approval will take most of 2005, says Mr Peters, so commercial service will begin in 2006.
Citi can barely move without first getting Treasury or Fed approval.
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