Diet Drugs Guide and News

Obesity Drug Trials Fall Short of Meeting FDA Criteria
HealthNews, CA
Being American, we want it all and we want it now. This is especially true for those who fall into the category of overweight or obese. Read any magazine, newspaper, or open any web page and the “guaranteed” weight loss products can be found in …

Shares Fall as Arena’s Obesity Drug Proves Disappointing
Visit Bulgaria, Bulgaria
Unlike Wyeth's Fen-Phen diet drug, the US study of Arena's Lorcaserin on 3182-patient over a two-year period, showed no signs of heart valve damage due to the drug. While, like the drugs used in fen-phen, Lorcaserin affects a messenger chemical called …
Knocked Out Of The Arena CNBC
Arena Hits Endpoints in Phase III Obesity Trial, but Stock Drops BioWorld Online
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Pfizer Ends Rezulin Cases With $205 Million to Spare
Bloomberg
“It certainly stands in stark contrast to Wyeth’s handling of its diet-drug litigation,” said Michael Krensavage, founder of Krensavage Asset Management in New York. He holds Pfizer shares, though he wouldn’t disclose the amount. …

Pfizer Said to End Rezulin Claims at $205 Million Under Reserve
Bloomberg
“It certainly stands in stark contrast to Wyeth’s handling of its diet-drug litigation,” said Michael Krensavage, founder of Krensavage Asset Management in New York. He holds Pfizer shares, though he wouldn’t disclose the amount. …

Arena Hits Endpoints in Phase III Obesity Trial, but Stock Drops
BioWorld Online, GA
Valvulopathy, or hardening of the heart valve, posed a problem for the infamous diet drug Phen-Fen (dexfenfluramine-fenfluramine), which was pulled from the market. Like lorcaserin, Phen-Fen agonized the 5-HT2c serotonin receptor, but its issues were a …

Is salt REALLY so bad for your blood pressure?
Daily Mail, UK
By Jerome Burne It's been demonised for years. But suddenly experts are asking whether we're missing the bigger picture about salt… We're all eating too much salt and it's going to give us high blood pressure - that's the message we've heard for …

Knocked Out Of The Arena
CNBC, Englewood Cliffs
The company says it met the threshhold criteria to win FDA approval of a diet drug, but analysts and investors apparently were hoping for bigger weight loss. The company bizarrely scheduled a conference call for reporters at 7:30 am ET today on its …

Judge Refuses To Grant Mistrial In Fen-Phen Case
InjuryBoard.com, FL
…Byrd said it took him only "about 30 minutes" to decide that Gallion and Cunningham were guilty, based on evidence showing that they had transferred large portions of Kentucky's $200 million diet-drug settlement to personal investment accounts. …

Mistrial Refused in Federal Case Against Fen-Phen Attorneys
The American Lawyer
The federal trial of two lawyers in Kentucky for allegedly bilking their clients out of millions of dollars from a diet drug class action settlement will continue after a judge refused to grant a mistrial. The threat of a mistrial arose last week when …

Sentencing date set for doctor who pleaded guilty to drug charges …
WBXH, LA
Auzine gave out Adderall, Oxycodone, Hydrocodone, and the diet drug Benz-Phetamine on several occasions. Agents seized $200000 in cash from Auzine's home and $55000 from his car. He could also be slapped with a one million dollar fine. …