11.   At the Mayo Clinic, in Rochester, Minn., the drug will be tested for safety and efficacy in an aggressive cancer called multiple myeloma.

12.   Athena and Lilly expect to begin testing potential drugs in the mice by the end of the year.

13.   Backers of the orbiter say it will give medical researchers a unique chance to test drugs in a low-gravity environment.

14.   Backers of the space station say it will give medical researchers a unique opportunity to test drugs in a low-gravity environment.

15.   Because of increased competition and more federal scrutiny, pharmaceutical companies need to test more drugs on more people.

16.   Bolton said that a contract to test drugs could be put out to competitive bids.

17.   BioMarin Pharmaceutical in Novato is testing a drug to treat a rare disease deadly to children.

18.   Both those companies are testing drugs in the same broad class of substances that are used by British Biotech, called matrix metalloproteinase inhibitors.

19.   A small percentage of men who tested the drug lost their sex drive.

20.   A second study, conducted by the National Institute of Mental Health, is testing the drug for schizophrenia.