21.   A federal advisory panel recommended this week that nonprescription Claritin be approved so people could eventually buy the drug over the counter.

22.   A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel recommended against agency approval of a new contraceptive device made by the private company Yama Inc.

23.   A new impotence drug got a lift when a panel of advisers recommended that the Food and Drug Administration approve it despite some troubling side-effects.

24.   A hand-picked mayoral advisory panel recommended Tuesday that New York City abolish its municipal hospital system, a proposal that Mayor Rudolph Giuliani praised.

25.   A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel Tuesday recommended expedited approval of the first of a new class of drugs to fight the virus that causes AIDS.

26.   A mayoral advisory panel recommended last year that the entire public hospital system be dismantled, although the mayor distanced himself somewhat from that suggestion.

27.   A government panel has recommended approval of a blood glucose monitoring system developed by MiniMed Inc. but said the company must conduct further tests on the product.

28.   A government-appointed tax panel has recommended the finance department scrap the so-called marketable securities tax, a move that would increase trading substantially.

29.   A House panel today recommends a large increase in the number of Sikorsky-built Blackhawk helicopters purchased by the Pentagon.

30.   A presidential advisory panel recommended last week a bill of rights for patients.