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Denner added as nominee to Vivus board by activist investor
ReutersBy Bill Berkrot May 23 (Reuters) - First Manhattan Company (FMC) added some heavyweight muscle on Thursday to its bid to shake up the board of drugmaker Vivus Inc by naming former Carl Icahn top lieutenant Alex Denner and two others to its slate of...Tags: Biogen Idec Incorporated, Science and Technology, Board of Directors, Carl Icahn, Drugs and Medicines
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Nuevo rival para el Viagra
Los hombres con disfunción eréctil quizás no tengan que volver a hacer planes adelantados para tener relaciones sexuales, luego de que Vivus Inc. ganara la aprobación en Estados Unidos de su producto Avanafil, que viene a competir con Viagra, de Pfizer...Tags: Levitra (drug), GlaxoSmithKline PLC, Viagra (drug), Drugs and Medicines, Pfizer Inc.
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Obesity drugs need heart studies, U.S. advisers say
ReutersSILVER SPRING, Maryland (Reuters) - Heart safety studies should be required for new obesity drugs, U.S. drug advisers said on Thursday, possibly adding a new hurdle to the drugs' approval. An advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration...Tags: Abbott Laboratories, Drugs and Medicines, Obesity, Heart Attack, Contrave (drug)
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Diet drug Qnexa: Don't get too carried away by new study
The diet drug Qnexa helps obese people with weight-related medical conditions to lose more weight than those who take a dummy pill and could allow some to scale back on medications for diabetes, high blood pressure or cholesterol, according to a new study...Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Obesity, Drugs and Medicines, Placebo, Contrave (drug)
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FDA shoots down another weight loss drug [Updated]
![The FDA has <a title="Arena Pharmaceuticals' press release" href="http://invest.arenapharm.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=521977" target="_blank">told the makers</a> of the proposed weight-loss drug Lorcaserin that it will not at this time approve the marketing of the medication, citing concerns about its marginal effectiveness and about cancers that occurred at higher-than-usual rates in animal studies. [<b>Updated Oct. 25, 10:35 a.m.</b> An earlier version of this article said cancers occurred at higher-than-usual-rates during clinical trials.]](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2010-10/57020075-24134236-187105.JPG "The FDA has <a title=\"Arena Pharmaceuticals' press release\" href=\"http://invest.arenapharm.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=521977\" target=\"_blank\">told the makers</a> of the proposed weight-loss drug Lorcaserin that it will not at this time approve the marketing of the medication, citing concerns about its marginal effectiveness and about cancers that occurred at higher-than-usual rates in animal studies. [<b>Updated Oct. 25, 10:35 a.m.</b> An earlier version of this article said cancers occurred at higher-than-usual-rates during clinical trials.]")
The FDA has told the makers of the proposed weight-loss drug Lorcaserin that it will not at this time approve the marketing of the medication, citing concerns about its marginal effectiveness and about cancers that occurred at higher-than-usual rates...Tags: Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Human Body, Health and Medical Professionals, Trials, Pharmaceuticals
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Diet drugs face tough test
Tribune NewspapersThere has never been a magic prescription to help millions of obese Americans lose weight. Whether one is any closer to reality is now under scrutiny. A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel will decide Wednesday whether the diet drug Meridia...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Abbott Laboratories, Pharmaceuticals, Obesity, Drugs and Medicines
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Teaming up to save your skin
Daily PressProducts by two Hampton Roads organizations are on the cutting edge of wound care. The nonprofit LifeNet Health in Virginia Beach offers TheraSkin, a graft made of real skin that stimulates your body to heal itself. Soluble Systems of Newport News...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Human Body, Health and Medical Professionals, Hampton Roads, Skin
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The scorecard on obesity drugs: 0 for 3
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThis is not shaping up to be a good year for people seeking medical help for weight loss. A Food and Drug Administration advisory committee on Thursday voted against recommending approval of the drug lorcaserin. This is the third negative vote on...Tags: Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Health and Medical Professionals, Pharmaceuticals, Obesity, Drugs and Medicines
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Obesity drugs lumber toward marketplace
Booster ShotsAbout this time last year, we were reporting on the failure of several investigational weight-loss medications. They included Sanofi-Aventis' rimonabant as well as two other drugs that aimed to work by blocking cannabinoid receptors in the brain. However,...
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