Article: Hoffman-LaRoche Working on a Prescription Diet Pill.(Originated from The Star-Ledger, Newark, N.J.)

Article: FDA approves diet pill for the seriously obese
Chicago Sun-Times;  April 26, 1999 ;     482 words ... ... Administration. The ruling came 2 1/2 years after Hoffman-La Roche Inc. first sought to sell the drug. The delay largely was caused by questions about whether the new diet pill might contribute to breast cancer. The FDA decided the pill ...

Article: As Sales Thin, Diet Pill Ads Hit TV.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  November 9, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... television campaign for the Meridia diet pill shows several overweight people happily ... With the exception of one older diet pill, Meridia has had the field to itself ... change. Early next year, Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. hopes to obtain long-awaited ...

Article: FDA approves Roche diet pill, Xenical, for use by ...
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  December 16, 2003 ;     292 words ... ... NJ) 12-16-2003 FDA approves Roche diet pill, Xenical, for use by obese youths DOW ... P. One Star B WASHINGTON - Hoffmann-La-Roche Inc.'s drug Xenical on Monday became ... absorbed in the gut by 30 percent. Hoffman-La-Roche, which is based in Switzerland, has ...

Article: Doctors fear run on quick-fix diet pill.
Australasian Business Intelligence;  February 27, 2006 ;     454 words ... ... ADMINISTRATION. NATIONAL DRUGS AND POISONS SCHEDULING COMMITTEE: ROCHE AUSTRALIA PTY LTD: F HOFFMAN-LA ROCHE LIMITED: F HOFFMAN-LA ROCHE AG: ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL: UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE: HEALTHY SKEPTICISM INCORPORATED All copyright ...

Article: New diet pill
Jerusalem Post;  July 13, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... not suppress appetite but prevents absorption of fat, is now available in Israel. Produced by the Swiss company Hoffmann La Roche, a monthly package of 84 pills sells at Super-Pharm for NIS 495, but only with a doctor's prescription. Over the past ...

Article: New diet pill approved
Journal of the National Medical Association;  July 1, 1999 ;     406 words ...Xenical, manufactured by Hoffmann-La Roche, is the latest fat reduction drug to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration. The drug, which is intended for use in ...

Article: New diet pill can block out fat
The Independent - London;  May 17, 1997 ;     501 words ... ... of a third in fat intake could reduce the incidence of heart disease and other disorders. The drug's producer, Hoffman La Roche, has applied for a licence to the Medicines Control Agency in the UK and is awaiting approval from the Food and Drugs Administration ...