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Panel rejects new weight-loss drug (AP)

Picture shows Parmaceutical group Sanofi-Aventis' logo. A US Food and Drug Administration panel of experts concluded Wednesday that pharmaceutical giant Sanofi-Aventis's obesity treatment Acomplia was unsafe and should not be sold in the United States.(AFP/File/Damien Meyer)AP - Federal health advisers unanimously rejected a weight-loss drug Wednesday after hearing testimony that it increases the risk of suicidal thoughts, even in patients without a history of depression. The manufacturer, Sanofi-Aventis SA, further failed to show the drug rimonabant is safe, the panel said.


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