21.   Schmidt expects Thursday to be grueling, but at the end of the day, he believes the panel will vote to recommend the drug.

22.   Shares in the Cleveland, Ohio-based surgical supply company were halted while the panel voted.

23.   The ethics panel voted to make its findings available to the Justice Department for a possible criminal investigation, but not to request such a probe.

24.   The FDA advisory panel will vote later this afternoon on approval.

25.   The FDA panel voted to recommend agency approval of the system.

26.   The FDA panel voted unanimously to recommend agency approval of the drug for use as an add-on to existing drug combinations used to prevent organ rejection.

27.   The FDA panel voted unanimously against recommending approval of the drug known as Liazal, or liarozole.

28.   The FDA panel voted unanimously that the drug is safe and effective for treating patients with fevers presumably caused by fungal infections.

29.   The panel also voted to ban the use of federal funds for human embryo research, attempting to put into law what is now accepted practice.

30.   The panel could vote by mid-December on whether to send articles of impeachment to the full House for action.