Definition of "nonapprovable" []

• Not approvable. (adjective)

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• "The Sunnyvale, Calif., pharmaceutical company received a so-called nonapprovable letter from the FDA for Xcytrin injection in patients with nonsmall-cell lung cancer with brain metastases."
• ""It's nonapprovable without another clinical trial," said Mike Krensavage, an analyst at Raymond James Financial Inc., worried that the finding of a significant increase in fatal bleeding -- 0.4% of prasugrel patients, compared with 0.1% of those on Plavix -- will require more studies."