FDA approves St. Jude treatment for chronic pain (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
St. Jude Medical Inc. announced Wednesday that its EonC neurostimulator for chronic pain treatment received U.S. Food and Drug Administration and European CE Mark approvals.

FDA On Pace To Approve 18 New Drugs In 2008 (PharmaceuticalOnline)
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved nine new medicines as of the end of June, putting it on pace to be one of the slowest years for new drug approvals in the last five years.