Update on Sculptra (New-Fill) hearing.On March 25 an FDA FDA abbr. Food and Drug Administration FDA, n.pr See Food and Drug Administration. FDA, n.pr the abbreviation for the Food and Drug Administration. advisory panel unanimously recommended that the FDA approve Sculptra (New-Fill) for facial facial /fa·cial/ (fa´shul) pertaining to or directed toward the face. fa·cial adj. Relating to the face. facial, adj pertaining to the face. wasting caused by HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. treatment or HIV. They also want restrictions so that it will not be used widely for less urgent purposes like filling wrinkles wrinkles See bells and whistles. , unless the company (Dermik Laboratories) comes back with data to support that use. The committee was not happy with the limited amount of data available, but was moved by HIV patients' testimony about their need for the treatment. |
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