Friday, September 17, 2010

Arena Shares Fall Most Ever After U.S. Panel Fails to Back Diet Medicine - Bloomberg

Arena has fallen 70 percent since Sept. 14, when Food and Drug Administration staff issued a report saying the drug, lorcaserin, may cause cancer and works only by a “slim margin.” A panel of advisers to the FDA said yesterday that the treatment doesn’t work well enough to justify risks when used long-term in overweight or obese people. While the FDA usually follows panel recommendations, it isn’t required to do so.

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