1.   And based on data from the clinical trials, he said, he believes Soltara has the potential to be a leader among allergy drugs.

2.   And though a nonprescription form of the allergy drug ultimately depends on the Food and Drug Administration, Wellpoint is advocating its approval.

3.   Another inherent negative with over-the-counter approval of the allergy drug is the potential cost patients would bear.

4.   As a member of an FDA advisory panel, Wood supported allowing consumers to buy some allergy drugs without a prescription.

5.   A proposal to make the three most popular and expensive allergy drugs available without a prescription won strong support Friday from a government medical advisory panel.

6.   But the manufacturers were unable to produce data showing that this confusion had caused widespread problems with the many nonprescription allergy drugs already available to consumers.

7.   Clarinex, an allergy drug, is a reformulation of Claritin.

8.   Democratic-sponsored advertising slammed Ashcroft for cosponsoring a bill that could lead to an exclusive patent extension for the allergy drug Claritin.

9.   Doubts still linger, however, about the new version of the allergy drug.

10.   Early this week, Hoechst Marion Rousell was forced to pull a competing allergy drug, Seldane, from the shelf.