The article states that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a weight loss drug known as lorcaserin manufactured by U.S. drug company Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc. on June 27, 2012.CorbettDoorenJenniferEBSCO_bspWall Street Journal Eastern Edition...
Contrave has been pegged as a more promising treatment because of its relative safety. Unlike the other two drugs reviewed last year, it received a positive vote from the FDA's panel of outside advisers, who voted 13-7 that the drug's modest weight loss benefits outweighed its risks. But ...
Hundreds of thousands of pound-conscious Americans had discovered that a drug known as "fen-phen" could shut off huge appetites like magic, and the FDA had just approved a new drug, Redux, that did the same with fewer side effects. Redux would attract hundreds of thousands of new pill ...
July 16, 2010 --AU.S. Food and Drug Administrationpanel has voted by a narrow margin against recommending the new diet drugQnexa, citing concerns about a lack of data on the drug's cardiovascular effects. The FDA's Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee voted 10-6 against reco...
While the FDA is not required to follow the advice of its clinical trials, it often does. The company expects to get a decision from the FDA by June 27. Lorqess is one of three weight-loss drugs vying to be the first new diet drug approved in a decade. ...
And finally, Contrave contains an ingredient that may keep patients on it for longer, according to analysts: It's a combination of naltrexone, an approved drug for addiction, and bupropion, a commonly prescribed antidepressant. "Bupropion, we believe, is what makes for greater persistence" of pa...
January 2017:Cytopoint, a new drug fromZoetisfor the treatment of atopic dermatitis (environmental allergies) in dogs, was recently approved by the FDA. Cytopoint is a monoclonal antibody, a new form of treatment that may be safer than other drugs used to treat allergies in dogs, such as cor...
Artificial trans fats used to be common in processed foods, but they’re no longer being added to products by food companies. This is because the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) banned companies from using partially hydrogenated oils in foods. However, trans fats are naturally found in small ...
May 12, 2022By: Irvin Jackson Judge approved a four month stay in a Belviq lawsuit, while parties explore global settlement negotiations to resolve cancer claims over the recalled diet drug Belviq Colon Cancer Lawsuit Cleared To Move Forward Over Diet Drug Maker’s Failure to Warn ...
Discusses the association of valvular heart disease with the drug fenfluramine. Withdrawal of a previously approved medication from the marketplace as one of the frustrations associated with the practice of pharmacotherapy; Results of studies conducted to examine such drug-associated valvulopathy. 年份...