Obesity

New diet drug helps people lose weight and keep it off, study

Published in Drug Week, December 3rd, 2004

The biggest test yet of an experimental pill that promises to help people lose weight and stop smoking found that it helped people not only lose weight but also keep it off for 2 years, longer than any other diet drug. Cholesterol and other health measures improved, too.

The impressive results from a study of more than 3,000 obese people were presented at a medical conference November 9, 2004, capping months of anticipation about the new drug, Acomplia, made by the French pharmaceutical firm Sanofi-Aventis.

Doctors called the research exciting and the company, which funded the study, thinks the drug could have blockbuster potential similar to...

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Source: Drug Week (2004-12-03)

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