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Contrave Rejected: What Does the FDA Have Against Diet Pills?
By Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL NewsToday the Food and Drug Administration declined to approve Contrave, a new prescription weight-loss drug that an FDA advisory panel had recommended for approval. The FDA ruling on Contrave told drugmaker Orexigen Therapeutics that the agency was concerned about long-term use and potential implications on heart health. Orexigen has been ordered to prove, via additional trials, that Contrave's benefits are not outweighed by its cardiovascular risks. Such rigorous studies will be costly and could take years to complete. Orexigen said in a statement that the company plans to "work closely" with ...
Female Sex Pill: For Loss of Libido, or Drug Companies' Bottom Line?
By Alison Fairbrother - Politics DailyThe perennial question, 'What if there was a female version of Viagra?" remains unanswered, but at least two leading ladies tried to take it on over the weekend. In response to an FDA advisory panel's recent decision not to approve filbanserin, a female desire drug, New York Times writer Natasha Singer suggested that reduced libido in some women might be a symptom of a disease known as "men don't know how to please their partners." As Politics Daily's Luisita Lopez Torregrosa writes, noted feminist Camille Paglia served up some of her own stereotypes, stating that well-off white folks are ...
Australian Cigarette Display Has US Smokers Burning
By David Moye - AOL News(April 22) -- An anti-smoking art display in Sydney, Australia, financed by a pharmaceutical company has some American smokers burning mad. To raise awareness about the perils of smoking, the Australian branch of Pfizer recently funded an installation at Sydney's Martin Place featuring 219,000 imitation cigarettes under Plexiglas -- the amount that the average pack-a-day smoker puffs over a 30-year period. Dr. Peter Poggioli, head of communications for Pfizer Australia, said the fake cigarettes are made from paper, cotton wool, foil and talc. Greg Wood, AFP / Getty Images A woman places her ...
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