Depot injection. A depot injection is an injection, usually subcutaneous, intradermal, or intramuscular, that deposits a drug in a localized mass, called a depot, from which it is gradually absorbed by surrounding tissue. Such injection allows the active compound to be released in a consistent way over a long period.
The Vanquish TM is a tunable, focused bipolar radiofrequency device which is FDA-approved for deep tissue heating. The deep tissue heating preferentially focuses in on the fat layer, and causes it to shrink by causing most of the fat cells to die off.
Yervoy is the first drug approved vor the treatment of metastatic melanoma in the US. Bristol-Myers Squibb submitted a marketing authorisation application to the European Medicines Agency in May 2010. The drug received approval from the European Commission in July 2011.