Word: allergan
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...about 1.6 million Americans got the shots last year--a so-called off-label use of a drug originally approved to calm twitchy eye muscles. The fact that the shots reduce wrinkles too was an unanticipated bonus; doctors were allowed to use Botox for that purpose, but the manufacturer, Allergan, couldn't advertise it to the public...
...Food and Drug Administration may shortly agree. Botox, made by the Irvine, Calif., pharmaceutical firm Allergan, is expected to win FDA approval--but only for removing frown lines, not for the full facial makeover. According to a source close to Allergan, if the company had applied for multiple places to use Botox, it would have been required to conduct more expensive clinical testing. Either way, doctors will still inject you all over...