31.   Several weeks ago, an FDA advisory panel recommended approval of a vaccine made by SmithKline Beecham.

32.   Shares of pharmaceutical companies climbed, however, after the FDA recommended approval of taxmoxifen as a means to reduce the risk of breast cancer.

33.   Sources say Gibbons has recommended presidential approval of the flight.

34.   Still, the Justice Department has shown signs that it will consider the actual presence of robust competition before it recommends approval of these applications.

35.   Still, the medical experts voted to recommend approval because patients have no other options, and even a slight benefit was seen as worthwhile.

36.   The advisory committee can either recommend approval of the labeling as is, or suggest changes.

37.   The advisory panel recommended approval of Invirase only when used with existing drugs such as AZT.

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

39.   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.

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