* FDA will consider panel's advice
(Adds panel member, Medtronic quotes)

GAITHERSBURG, Md., March 12 (Reuters) - An implanted
Medtronic Inc brain device should be approved for
treating epilepsy, U.S. government advisers said on Friday.

LOS ANGELES, March 12 (Reuters) - Orexigen Therapeutics Inc
said on Friday it has enlisted Canadian drugmaker
Patheon Inc to manufacture its experimental weight
loss drug Contrave, as well as future formulations of the
drug.

* Expects to complete negotiations for $10 mln settlement

* Doctors told to consider alternatives for those patients

WASHINGTON, March 12 (Reuters) - U.S. regulators found
shortcomings at an Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc
manufacturing plant during a December inspection, according to a
report released on Friday ahead of an expected decision on the
company's key drug.

* Doctors told to consider alternatives for those patients

* To eliminate field-sales force, significantly cut jobs

March 12 (Reuters) - Cytori Therapeutics Inc
posted a wider-than-expected quarterly loss, hurt by higher
expenses, sending shares down as much as 27 percent.