Avastin was approved to treat breast cancer under a process called accelerated approval, which allows cancer drugs to reach patients faster, and over the objections of an FDA advisory committee.

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Chris Lyttle, the Alliance MLA, asked committee members if there were any objections.

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North planning applications committee will be asked to raise no objections when it meets next week.

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So every Tuesday we have our sales team present to our executive committee, where they can practice overcoming objections from folks who say they can find our product cheaper, for example, by talking about the benefits of our products versus the competition.

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Objections raised by the panel - the Government Advisory Committee (Gac) - will not be binding on net address regulator Icann (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), but the organisation must produce "well reasoned arguments" if it decides to deny any request.

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Councillors on the planning committee have been recommended to approve the scheme despite objections from a number of groups.

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On Wednesday, Center for Security Policy President Frank Gaffney voiced his objections to the Law of the Sea Treaty before the House Committee on International Relations.

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On Friday, protestors handed in objections to the planning application which is expected to be presented to Bedford Borough Council planning committee in the next few months.

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