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Lorcaserin, Obesity Drug in Development

Mar 9, 2009 @ 04:31 PM — by SEO Admin

New Obesity Drug?

Something which could cause a great deal of excitement is on the horizon in obesity treatment. Arena Pharmaceuticals, a San Diego biotech firm, has an anti-obesity drug in development. The drug, named Lorcaserin, activates specific brain serotonin receptors which suppress appetite, reduce food intake, and produce weight loss. This late-stage developmental drug is still several years away from possible FDA approval. Arena has it on the FDA approval track and has big event scheduled to occur in late March, 2009 when the company will first repo

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Research at The Center for Weight Management

Feb 25, 2009 @ 07:11 PM — by SEO Admin

If you have read the "Latest in Obesity Research" page on this website you'll recall that last year weconducted a nationwide survey of obesity treatment specialists under the auspices of the American Society of Bariatric Physicians (ASBP). The survey discovered that phentermine is the most favored anti-obesity drug of obesity treatment specialists; the drug is the first choice of97% of these specialists. Dr. Hendricks presented the survey results at the ASBP's 58th annual symposiumin Tampa last fall (Hendricks EJ. ASBP Membership Survey of Prescribing Practices. In: 58th Annual Obesity & Associated Conditions Symposium. Tampa, Florida: American Society of Bariatric Physicians; 2008). The results were also presented in October 2008 as a scientific poster at the Obesity Society's Annual Scientific Meeting

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