91.  A spokesman for the commission said if the deal is altered to foster competition, it could win approval within five months.

92.  A Republican plan to create education savings accounts won approval in the Senate last month.

93.  A subset of patients in the study underwent angioplasty, so the study could help the company win approval for several uses.

94.  A year before ReoPro won FDA approval, Coller departed SUNY for Mount Sinai Medical Center in Manhattan, becoming chairman of medicine, its largest department.

95.  Abbott Laboratories is also expected to win approval for its Serlect anti-psychotic drug soon.

96.  Abbott still has to win final approval from the FDA, though the agency typically follows the advice of its advisory panels.

97.  ABN Amro Holding NV won approval from the U.S. Federal Reserve Board for its acquisition of Standard Federal Bancorp in Michigan.

98.  Accolate, also known as zafirlukast, won FDA approval in September and is the first in a new class of nonsteroidal asthma drugs.

99.  Advocates determined that floor support was insufficient to win approval of even a pilot voucher program.

100.  Agouron is seeking approval for adults at the same time, while Abbott won approval for Norvir last year.