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			<title><![CDATA[FDA approves lorcaserin, first weight-loss drug since 1999]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-06-27 18:43:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The Food and Drug Administration has approved marketing of the weight-loss drug lorcaserin, the first prescription anti-obesity medication to win the FDA's blessing since the agency approved orlistat in 1999.

Once it is cleared by the Drug Enforcement...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Diet drug on deck: Contrave to undergo FDA panel scrutiny Tuesday]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2010-12-06 16:50:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, the LaJolla, Calif.-based developer of a drug it calls Contrave tries to succeed where at least three other pharmaceutical firms have failed in recent years -- to win over a panel of independent experts advising the Food and Drug...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Diet drug Qnexa: Don't get too carried away by new study]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2011-04-11 07:01:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The diet drug Qnexa helps obese people with weight-related medical conditions to lose more weight than those who take a dummy pill and could allow some to scale back on medications for diabetes, high blood pressure or cholesterol, according to a new study...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Weight-Loss Drug: FDA Advisory Panel Endorses Contrave]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2010-12-08 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Oyuky Catano has fought the good fight for years--she's gained and lost weight and has tried over the counter and prescription weight loss medications.

"I wasn't happy with my weight and I wanted to be slimmer," Oyuke said. "I mean that was my main goal....]]></description>
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