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Orexigen obesity drug shows added benefits
Nearly half of patients who completed 56 weeks of treatment with Orexigen Therapeutics Inc’s experimental obesity treatment, Contrave, lost at least 10 percent of their weight in a late-stage study and the drug also appeared to help cholesterol and blood sugar levels. The drug demonstrated an even greater improvement in non- weight loss measures in patients [...]
Continue reading...Anti-obesity product safe in mid-stage study
Thursday, July 9, 2009
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc said on Thursday a mid-stage study of its combination obesity product involving versions of hormones linked to appetite and metabolism yielded positive results. The Phase 2, 28-week study randomized 608 overweight or obese patients to either placebo or various doses of the product, which contains the compounds pramlintide and [...]
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Saturday, October 24, 2009
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