First nonprescription diet drug wins approval
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The first over-the-counter weight-loss pill won approval from U.S. health officials on Wednesday, giving the two-thirds of Americans who are obese or overweight another option to help them shed pounds.
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The Pittsburg-based generic drugmaker said the Food and Drug Administration has approved its metoprolol tartrate and hydrochlorothiazide tablets, which will compete with the Loppressor HCT tablets made by the Switzerland-based Novartis.
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Here's what a newly approved drug looks like.
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Dieters got a new tool Wednesday to help them take off the extra pounds &#151; the first government-approved nonprescription diet pill. The Food and Drug Administration said the fat-blocking weight-loss pill orlistat, which has been available by prescription, can be sold in a reduced-strength version over the counter.
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Heart attack prevention has just taken another step with the US Food and Drug Administration&#39;s go-ahead for one of the nation&#39;s best-selling cholesterol
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Gilead gets marketing approval for one of its drug candidates.
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The Food and Drug Administration Friday approved a new drug designed to treat the leading cause of blindness in older Americans.
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GlaxoSmithKline Plc won U.S. approval for a once-a-day breast cancer pill on Tuesday that the drugmaker hopes will launch a new era for its oncology business.
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LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK  - The U.S. Food and Drug   Administration said on Wednesday it had approved Amgen Inc.'s   drug Vectibix for use in colon cancer patients whose tumors   have spread despite chemotherapy treatment.
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AstraZeneca Plc  has won U.S.  approval for its asthma drug Symbicort, significantly earlier  than most industry analysts had expected, a person familiar  with the matter said on Saturday.
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WASHINGTON The first new cancer drug in ten years that is specifically designed to help children is a step closer to approval. An advisory panel at the Food and Drug Administration is recommending the use
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The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a chewable non-calcium drug that can help kidney patients on dialysis manage their phosphorus levels.
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The CardioWest artificial heart, devloped by University Medical Center&#39;s artificial heart team and used in more than 300 patients worldwide, is the first ever to win approval from the US Food and Drug Administration.
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The US government approved a drug Tuesday to treat multiple sclerosis, an incurable disease of the central nervous system that affects 350,000 Americans.
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Abbott Laboratories Inc. said on  Friday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a new  formulation of TriCor, a cholesterol drug.
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WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved a widely used adult psychiatric drug for the treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in children and adolescents.
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Tablets containing a combination of the blood pressure medication aliskiren and water pill hydrochlorothiazide have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration