1.   The decision opens the way for the trial to begin this autumn pending approval from the French drug agency and the local ethics committee.

2.   Amid a string of drug recalls and some patient deaths, Wood has called for the drug agency to be more aggressive in monitoring medicines on the market.

3.   Amorosi said that the members will be meeting with government leaders and drug enforcement agencies throughout the region as well as conducting a number of field activities.

4.   And they say the plan also sets up obstacles to efforts by the drug agency to mandate reduced-risk cigarettes.

5.   At the time it was withdrawn, the drug agency and Roche instructed patients not to stop taking Posicor, but to consult their doctors about alternative therapies.

6.   Bailey said the drug agency was particularly interested in results of a continuing trial sponsored by SmithKline Beecham, maker of Massengill douches.

7.   Because of the seasonal nature of Lyme disease, the drug agency cautioned that the time of year the vaccine was taken was important.

8.   Barry McCaffrey, director of the U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy, called for an independent drug agency that was not tied into the IOC.

9.   Bowen of the drug agency said the risks of the two products should not be compared.

10.   A spokeswoman for the drug agency said that it could seize a product or obtain an injunction against ads that violate regulations but that those measures were rarely taken.