41.   The three-judge panel will consider the case on an expedited basis, increasing the likelihood of a decision this fall.

42.   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.

43.   Their recommendations were made public today as a larger U.S. panel considers the same issue.

44.   Tomorrow, the panel will consider drugs made by Roche Holding AG and Cor Therapeutics Inc.

45.   A government panel is now considering whether to totally liberalize exports of oil products from Japan.

46.   A House panel is considering a bill that would make it a crime to harm a fetus during a violent criminal act.

47.   A Japanese representative told the WTO that Japan would continue trying to work out its differences with Indonesia even while the dispute-settlement panel considers the case.

48.   A fourth panel is considering an unspecified fine, said opposition parliamentarian Rupert Roopnarine, who heads the committee.

49.   A panel considers approval of new medicine to be taken with the drug AZT.

50.   A ministry advisory panel is considering ways to deal with the bad debts held by banks and is expected to issue a preliminary report late next month.