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UK health report flags weight and dementia risks

March 28, 2014
Sales and Marketing Dame Sally Davies, Public Health England, dementia, obesity

A new Department of Health report suggests that being overweight is now the norm in England – and that deafness …

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Alli bottles tampered with in US, drug recalled

March 27, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Alli, FDA, GSK, Roche, Xenical, obesity, weight loss

GlaxoSmithKline has admitted that some bottles of its weight-loss drug Alli bought in the US have been tampered with. US …

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Government apps tackle alcohol abuse

November 28, 2013
Medical Communications alcohol, apps, howe, obesity

The winners of a £2 million government competition to produce apps which will help combat alcohol abuse and weight gain …

Sanofi – aiming for number one in the world’s biggest diabetes market

December 18, 2012
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing China, Sanofi, diabetes, obesity

Sanofi is no different from any other major pharma company in seeing China as the single most important growth market …

Boehringer signs diabetes research deal

September 7, 2012
Sales and Marketing Boehringer, diabetes, obesity

Boehringer Ingelheim has signed a four-year research agreement with a top Swiss university to look at the underlying causes of …

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FDA clears Arena and Eisai’s obesity drug

June 28, 2012
Sales and Marketing Arena, Belviq, Eisai, FDA, Qnexa, Roche, obesity

Eisai and Arena’s Belviq has gained FDA approval, making it the first obesity drug to be approved in over ten …

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Obesity drugs vie for approval as FDA panel backs lorcaserin

May 14, 2012
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Arena, Eisai, FDA, Qnexa, lorcaserin, obesity

An FDA panel has recommended Arena’s obesity drug lorcaserin, setting up a showdown with Vivus’ Qnexa. Qnexa was recommended by an FDA panel …

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Obesity drug supported by FDA panel

February 23, 2012
Sales and Marketing FDA, Qnexa, Vivus, Xenical, obesity

Vivus’ obesity drug Qnexa has been supported by an FDA panel, two years after it was knocked back by the …

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Takeda obesity drug falters at phase II

March 18, 2011
Research and Development Alli, Amylin, Contrave, Meridia, Qnexa, Takeda, Xenical, lorcaserin, metreleptin, obesity, pramlintide

Yet another investigational drug appears to have faltered on the rocky path to develop anti-obesity treatments. Takeda Pharmaceutical Company and …

New public health body to ‘nudge’ people on healthy living

December 1, 2010
NHS reforms, Public Health England, alcohol, obesity, public health, smoking

Plans for a new organiation to oversee public health in England have been unveiled, which will ‘nudge’rather than nag people …

Arena’s obesity treatment lorcaserin rejected by FDA

October 25, 2010
Sales and Marketing Arena Pharma, Eisai, FDA, FDA complete response letter, lorcaserin, obesity

A new weight loss drug has been rejected by the FDA because of numerous concerns about side-effects and limited efficacy. …

Abbott withdraws anti-obesity drug amid safety worries

October 11, 2010
Sales and Marketing Abbott, Meridia, obesity

Abbott has pulled its anti-obesity drug Meridia in the US after recent trials showed it increased the risk of stroke …

Obesity costs could hit £5bn by 2025

February 12, 2010
NHS, obesity

A new review of UK health services has come up with half a dozen ways in which the government should …

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GSK plans obesity documentary

January 29, 2010
Medical Communications Alli, GSK, obesity

Obesity is about to get the Hollywood treatment with GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare funding a documentary by Oscar-winning director Barry Levinson. …

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