Since then, many have made changes to win federal approval.
The law requires federal approval before it can take effect.
The close of the transaction expected 90 days following federal approval.
The test does not require Federal approval in this setting.
Before the 1990 nutrition act, companies could make almost any health claim without federal approval.
The project received federal approval for a continued funding study in January 2001.
If federal approval is granted, testing on human patients may follow.
The critics point out that at least nine other states received federal approval to create similar family planning programs under the Clinton administration.
It also calls for $200 million in savings or revenue that would need federal approval.
But the company still has not applied for federal approvals to test and market the drug.
