Thursday, October 28, 2010

News Alert: F.D.A. Rejects Diet Pill in Setback for Obesity Drug Development

Breaking News Alert
The New York Times
Thu, October 28, 2010 -- 8:59 PM ET
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F.D.A. Rejects Diet Pill in Setback for Obesity Drug Development

The Food and Drug Administration rejected another new diet
pill on Thursday, a decision that sharply diminished the
already scarce number of options available to overweight
Americans amid the nation's obesity epidemic.

The rejected drug, called Qnexa, is the third weight loss
drug to suffer a significant setback this month because of
concerns about safety, as federal regulators seem to have
heightened their scrutiny of diet pills that could pose risks
to the heart or other organs.

Read More:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/29/health/policy/29drug.html?emc=na

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