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Biocryst sells Europe business; Peter Marks criticizes new FDA vaccine rules
27 Jun 2025 19:56 GMT
… New England Journal of Medicine commentary authored by … FDA division that reviews vaccines. Marks left the FDA’s vaccine … of treatment, its developer, Altimmune, said Thursday. In the trial, … two drugs that made up the scandal-ridden “fen-phen” diet regimen, …
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Magic Pills and the Promise of Weight Loss
06 Jun 2025 12:49 GMT
… drugs for those who have tried other treatments for obesity … pill (reportedly available next year) can ameliorate obesity without fundamental changes in diet … a medical doctor (though I possess a doctorate), so … diets from the 1970s and 1980s to fen-phen drugs …
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From ancient Greece to GLP-1s: The weird and complex history of weight loss drugs
02 Jun 2025 17:16 GMT
… the modern-day medical treatments for obesity,” says Dr. … fen-phen to valvular heart disease led to fen-phen’ … FDA’s blessing when clinical trial data linked the drug … treatment featuring naltrexone (an opioid antagonist) and bupropion (an antidepressant …
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The dark side of slimming down: A 100-year journey of weight loss drugs
20 May 2025 16:19 GMT
… Fen-Phen
The combination of fenfluramine and phentermine—fen-phen—was a popular treatment … FDA in 2020 after a randomized controlled trial … effective medications has also transformed public perception. Obesity … Weight Loss Drugs
Pipeline drugs include triple …
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Mo Brooks: This isn’t Hogwarts. Trump doesn’t have a magic wand to fix drug prices
20 May 2025 11:20 GMT
… more for the exact same medicines, often made in the exact … a disproportionate amount of global pharmaceutical research and development, including by … following tort lawsuits against the diet drug Fen-Phen.”
In order to cover injury …
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Locks Law Firm Expands Team of Trial Specialists
14 May 2025 19:59 GMT
… , Locks Law Firm Expands Trial Lawyer Expertise
PHILADELPHIA, May … East Coast-based team of trial specialists. The $725M … the years, including the Diet Drug (Fen-Phen) and Agent Orange litigations. … firm-expands-team-of-trial-specialists-302455582.html
SOURCE …
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Fat profits: should you invest in weight-loss drugs?
29 Apr 2025 15:30 GMT
… are the pharmaceutical and biotech companies behind weight-loss drugs worth a … never been an effective treatment for obesity. “Every now and … far more worrying. One drug, Fen-phen, was taken off the … 40-week trial period. The fact that pills typically result …
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Your Good Health: How to weigh risk versus benefit on new drugs
29 Apr 2025 14:07 GMT
… that I do a trial of a drug for a noncardiac issue … people have taken the drugs for years. (Fen-phen and Vioxx are two … certainly times when a new medicine is such an improvement over … found the kinds of quality trials that consistently show benefit. I …
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Dr. Roach: Patient avoids using a new drug due to its potentially high risk
21 Apr 2025 12:23 GMT
… that I do a trial of a drug for a noncardiac issue … people have taken the drugs for years. (Fen-phen and Vioxx are two … certainly times when a new medicine is such an improvement over … found the kinds of quality trials that consistently show benefit. I …
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UCB's non-cannabis drug for severe epilepsy gets NHS okay
20 Feb 2025 16:52 GMT
… Epidyolex.
Professor Stephen Powis, national medical director for NHS England, said … months before starting treatment.
Fenfluramine is an old drug and achieved some … 1990s as half of the fen-phen weight-loss therapy, which was … problems in its clinical trials.