1.   Another drug, Zelmac by Novartis, is nearing approval, and it has helped those with bouts of bowel syndrome accompanied by constipation.

2.   Claritin should have been nearing approval.

3.   Pasteur, on the other hand, has aggressively pursued an experimental vaccine that is nearing government approval for a large-scale human study.

4.   Renting rather than buying a casket is likely to become an option soon for Massachusetts consumers as a bill allowing casket rentals neared final approval Monday on Beacon Hill.

5.   So investors will be looking for results, particularly real drug products on the market or therapeutics nearing FDA approval.

6.   The company could also use its large cash reserves to buy smaller companies that are developing drugs nearing approval, analysts said.

7.   The US Food and Drug Administration is said to be nearing approval of widespread human trials of the vaccine, developed by a California company named VaxGen.

8.   There is a new protease inhibitor that is nearing approval, and he hopes to be able to start it soon.

9.   Birth control pills could be nearing approval.