Jassira Espaillat-Batista had always wanted to be a mother. But at 340 pounds, she was unable to ovulate, so having children didn’t seem to be an option for her. “[My husband and] I had tried and it just didn’t happen,” Jassira said. “My OBGYN told me if I wanted to do that I would need [...]
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PHARMACEUTICALS FDA panel endorses weight-loss drug Arena Pharmaceuticals jumped the most ever Friday after the company’s weight-loss pill gained the backing of an advisory panel, putting two obesity drugs in line for U.S. approval almost two years after regulators rejected them as too risky. Arena rose 74 percent to $ 6.36 at 4 p.m. New [...]
A man murdered during a business meeting in New York City was a top official in a Florida dietary supplement company that has been the target of thousands of consumer complaints. Brian Weiss died Thursday in a mysterious shooting at a hotel near Kennedy Airport. He was meeting with five other men in the lobby, [...]
GustoImages/Getty Images A panel of expert advisers to the FDA has voted to recommend approval of lorcaserin. Advisers to government health regulators late Thursday recommended that they approve sales of what would be the first new prescription weight-loss drug in the U.S. in more than a decade, despite concerns over cardiac risks. Shares of the [...]
SILVER SPRING, Md. — An FDA advisory committee has voted 18-4, with one abstention, in favor of approving Lorqess as the first new weight-loss drug in more than a decade. The FDA’s Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee on Thursday afternoon voted that the benefits of Lorqess outweigh its risks, despite the modest weight loss [...]
Today belongs to Arena Pharmaceuticals’ ($ ARNA) experimental weight drug. Biotech industry watchers are paying close attention to an FDA advisory committee today that will judge the biotech’s drug, lorcaserin, a contender in the race to break a long dry spell in U.S. approvals for diet pills. Trading for the stock has been halted. The [...]
When Levels Were Low, Testosterone Replacement Led to Lost Weight, Smaller Waists By Salynn Boyles WebMD Health News Reviewed by Brunilda Nazario, MD May 9, 2012 — Testosterone replacement may promote weight loss in obese older men who have low levels of the male sex hormone, a new study shows. But before men try to [...]
WASHINGTON — Shares of Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc. continued to rise Wednesday, a day after federal health regulators issued a surprisingly favorable assessment of the company’s previously rejected diet pill.The Food and Drug Administration denied approval for Arena’s lorcaserin in 2010 after scientists raised concerns about tumors that developed in animals studied with the drug, among [...]
Plan Would Cut Fast-Food Ads/Sales, Promote Activity and Healthy Foods By Daniel J. DeNoon WebMD Health News Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD May 8, 2012 — Obesity in America is a crisis that threatens national security — and urgent action is needed, says the Institute of Medicine. The IOM’s plan: Totally change the way [...]