Article: New prescription weight-loss medication on FDA 'fast track'

Article: Drug Helps Maintain Weight Loss
AP Online;  May 25, 2000 ;     432 words ......AP Online 05-25-2000 Drug Helps Maintain Weight Loss ANTWERP, Belgium (AP...experiment with the drug, which is used as a weight-loss aid by 2 million people...study. ``Doctors use the drug to obtain weight loss, but the main job the...

Article: Weight-loss drug may soon be available over the counter.(Life - Food)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  January 25, 2006 ;     700+ words ......The prescription drug Orlistat, which has produced modest weight-loss benefits in seriously...countries have taken the drug for weight loss and weight maintenance...online, yearlong weight-loss plan for those who would take the drug. Prepare to pay...

Article: Neurogen designs drug that shows promise for 1st weight-loss pill
New Haven Register;  May 7, 2007 ;     550 words ......yield a clinically useful weight-loss pill. The proprietary molecule...said NGD-4715 is the first drug of its type to gain a foothold...food intake. The potential drug has been shown to reduce...safety and workings of the drug, Koster said. Neurogen...If all goes well, the drug would ...

Article: Diet pill isn't a magic bullet, experts say,: First FDA-approved weight-loss drug is only part of the solution
Charleston Daily Mail;  February 9, 2007 ;     700+ words ......The U.S. Food and Drug Administration just...popular prescription weight-loss drug Xenical. It's the...Shin, at the CAMC Weight Loss Center, said the...over- the-counter drug - for some overweight...in most cases, a drug such as Alli might...to a 10 percent ...

Article: Orlistat wins approval as OTC weight-loss drug: the thrice-daily drug blocks up to 25% of total fat absorption in the intestine, which is then excreted.(News)
Internal Medicine News;  March 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......by the Food and Drug Administration on...because all other OTC weight-loss therapies--mainly...without undertaking a weight-loss program, then this drug is not going to...Alli's effects waned. Weight loss with the drug generally plateaus...

Article: China bans weight loss drug fenfluramine hydrochloride
Xinhua News Agency;  January 8, 2009 ;     140 words ...China bans weight loss drug fenfluramine hydrochloride...on Thursday banned the weight loss drug fenfluramine hydrochloride...with the State Food and Drug Administration, told a...Side-effects monitoring found the drug could harm the heart and...

Article: WEIGHT LOSS WITH YUCKY SIDE EFFECTS DIET DRUG ALLI DEBUTS WITH DIGESTIVE CONCERNS.(News)
Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  June 16, 2007 ;     518 words ......friend or your foe. In the war against weight loss, a new, federally approved, over...ally ) made its debut Friday in most drug stores, where the $60-a-package product...observation, it could play a role in weight loss. And some are calling the FDA's approval...

Article: Orlistat wins approval as OTC weight-loss drug.(Across Specialties)
Clinical Psychiatry News;  March 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......by the Food and Drug Administration...because all other OTC weight-loss therapies--mainly...without undertaking a weight-loss program, then this drug is not going to...patients maintain weight loss. Weight loss with the drug generally plateaus...

Article: New obesity drug approved, but will weight loss follow? (dexfenfluramine or Redux)
Environmental Nutrition;  June 1, 1996 ;     491 words ......move, the Food and Drug Administration recently...new prescription weight-loss drug in more than 20 years...however, that a weight loss of only 10% can reduce...among people who use weight-control drugs for...larger doses of the drug than would be prescribed...

Article: Diabetics see hope (and weight loss) in new drug
International Herald Tribune;  March 3, 2006 ;     700+ words ......college.The drug seems so effective for weight loss that some nondiabetic...Byetta as a diet drug, causing concern...microgram dose. The weight loss reports raise...prescribed as a diet drug to people who...inappropriate as a weight-loss drug. But ...

Article: Safety concerns raised about weight loss drug. (Manufacturer says Charges are 'Incorrect').
OB GYN News;  May 15, 2002 ;     652 words ...The Food and Drug Administration is collecting...tizen's petition calling for the weight loss drug's withdrawal from the market...The warning section on the drug's label says that in clinical...patients who were on the drug. There were 19 cardiac deaths...patients treated with the ...

Article: FDA scrutiny could derail Athersys drug; Weight-loss product subject of `non-clinical' concerns; analysts' reactions to news vary.
Crain's Cleveland Business;  November 17, 2008 ;     619 words ...Byline: CHUCK SODER The weight-loss drug that biotech company Athersys...developing multiple products, but its weight-loss drug, ATHX-105, is the furthest along...non-clinical'' concerns about the weight loss drug, but he did not respond to analysts...

Article: FDA panel approves GlaxoSmithKline weight-loss drug.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, PA);  January 23, 2006 ;     685 words ......first nonprescription weight-loss drug to the market. Committee...gradual but meaningful weight loss. Dr. Alastair Wood...FDA's Nonprescription Drug Advisory Committee...shouldn't be on the weight-loss drug don't take it. But...

Article: Weight-loss drug to hit store shelves
Post-Tribune (IN);  March 6, 2007 ;     700+ words ......PRINTED VERSION The Food and Drug Administration recently approved...the first non-prescription drug for weight loss. Alli (pronounced AL-eye...Before you even consider this drug, there are some facts you...can I lose with this new drug? A: First, the drug isn't new. It ...