• New Diet Drug Candidate May Boost Weight Loss Rates
October 22, 2008 -         NeoroSearch S/A   - Recent clinical studies on the experimental new diet drug, called tesofensine, showed that its effectiveness may surpass ...

• Acomplia Approval in the USA Is Postponed
June 29, 2007 -         Sanofi Aventis – Sanofi Aventis decided to withdraw its application of the new anti-obesity medication Acomplia (rimonabant) for the approval of ...

• OTC Diet Pill Is Approved
February 07 , 2007 - Food and Drug Administration – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced on February 07, 2007 about the approval of orlistat capsules as the over-the-counter weight-loss pill to be used by ...

• Acomplia Enters North America, but Not the USA
November 09, 2006 - Sanofi-Aventis - Acomplia (generic name: rimonabant) has received the first marketing authorization in the North America. Mexican Health Authorities approved Acomplia for use as the therapeutic ...

• Obesity and Infertility Walk Together
August 31, 2006 - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences – Obese men or those, whose body mass index is above 25, are in greater risk to become infertile, say the researchers from the National Institute ...

• Nazal Spray May Treat Obesity in the Nearest Future
June 1, 2006 - Nastech Pharmaceutical Company Inc. - PYY3-36 (peptide YY) nasal spray entered the phase of necessary clinical trials aimed at receiving the approval from the American Food and Drug Administration as ...

• Qnexa Passes Phase 2 Trial as the Obesity Treatment
May 10, 2006 - Vivus Inc. – Vivus Inc. announced a successful completion of Phase 2 Clinical Trials with Qnexa, a novel investigational medication to treat obesity. According to the company's official press-release, ...

• New Research Shows New Opportunity for Treating Obesity
- Canadian Institute of Health Research - April 16, 2006 CNTF protein and its influence on the human organism may become a key to opening new ways in treating obesity and overweight, according to the results of the ...

• Fat Gene Found
March 20, 2006 Rutgers – the State University of New Jersey The gene, which is responsible for the appearance and development of human obesity, is found and identified by the group of researchers from Rutgers, the ...

• Reducing Fat Consumption Has No Effect on Risk of Women’s Diseases
February 7, 2006 - National Institute of Health – Reducing the total amount of fat in the ration of healthy postmenopausal women did not significantly reduce the risk of breast cancer, heart disease or stroke, and ...

• Rimonabant - A Revolution In Obesity Treating Is Expected
November, 2005 - International Symposium on Obesity and Hypertension - The official trial results of newly-developed medication for treating obesity has been announced on the 4th International Symposium on Obesity ...

• The USA, Mexico and Canada Fight Against Weight Loss Frauds
October 24, 2005 - FDA, FTC – The first results of legal actions against companies, promoting and selling bogus weight loss products, have been announced on October 24, 2005, in the official press-release, issued by ...

• Xenical Label Revision - New Side Effects
September 07, 2005 - FDA - CDER informed about the latest revision of labeling information for Xenical (oral pills for treating obesity), which was approved on September 02, 2005 after considering and evaluating the ...