21.   The panel still must address a number of questions and will take a vote later this afternoon on whether to recommend agency approval.

22.   The panel voted to recommend agency approval of the drug, which helps protect heart-disease patients from heart attacks or strokes.

23.   The panel voted to recommend agency approval of the drug, which is designed to prevent complications such as heart attacks and strokes in patients with heart disease.

24.   The U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel is considering whether to recommend agency approval of the device for use in the U.S.

25.   There has been speculation about such a merger, still subject to shareholder and regulatory agency approval, in the marketplace for over a year.

26.   Three smaller implant manufacturers are also seeking agency approval.

27.   Those rules would have prevented manufacturers from making health claims of any sort for any supplements without agency approval.

28.   Xytronyx said final agency approval is contingent on certain manufacturing and labeling requirements.

29.   Boisselier, in June, accepted an agreement with the FDA promising not to do human cloning experiments without agency approval.