Sanofi Says Diet Drug Works
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An experimental diet drug helped  people lose nearly four times as much weight as a placebo in an  eagerly anticipated two-year trial, researchers said on  Tuesday.
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At a time when the drug industry is  being pounded with recalls and government investigations while  turning out few major new drugs, French drugmaker  Sanofi-Aventis appears to have a big winner on its hands.
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An experimental drug prevented mice from developing diabetes and heart disease and might one day be used to stave off the diseases in humans, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.
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The biggest test yet of an experimental drug that offers the fairy-tale promise of helping people lose weight and quit smoking found that it helped people not only drop
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A drug that blocks a cellular pathway involved in cravings could help people quit smoking and lose weight. That&#39;s the promise of experts who announced the results of a trial at the European Society of Cardiology&#39;s
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LONDON (CBS.MW) -- Newly merged French pharmaceutical Sanofi-Aventis (SNY) (FR:012057) on Tuesday said it can confirm the accretive impact of the merger on 2004 proforma net income after Sanofi-Synthelabo posted a 20.
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BETHESDA, Md.  - A panel of U.S. experts on  Wednesday unanimously agreed that a new Sanofi-Aventis   meningitis vaccine has been shown to be safe and effective, but  said follow-up data was needed.
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SILVER SPRING, Maryland  - The Sanofi-Aventis antibiotic Ketek is safe enough to stay on the market for treating pneumonia, but regulators should withdraw approval for bronchitis and sinusitis, a U.S. advisory panel said on Friday.
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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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A new drug from Sanofi-Aventis reduced  significantly episodes of atrial fibrillaton or irregular heart  beat in two clinical studies released on Sunday.
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Merck has obtained rights to license an experimental anti-obesity drug that is based on a hormone the body uses to signal that it has eaten enough.
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NEW YORK  - A low dose of the diet drug   orlistat, coupled with a reduced-calorie diet, leads to   significant weight loss and improved lipid and blood pressure   profiles and is well tolerated, according to results of three   studies reported at the International Congress of Obesity in   Sydney, Australia.
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PARIS Sanofi-Aventis shares rose Monday after the French-German drugmaker reported a clinical study showing its experimental anti-obesity drug succeeded in helping people lose weight.
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Sanofi- Aventis SA's weight loss pill Acomplia shouldn't be approved in the United States because the company hasn't showed that the benefits outweigh the risk of suicidal thoughts among those taking the drug, an advisory panel said.
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The Food and Drug Administration yesterday approved a drug for multiple sclerosis that has shown early evidence of being more effective than existing drugs.
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At a time when the drug industry is being pounded with recalls and government investigations while turning out few major new drugs, French drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis appears to have a big winner on its hands.
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The fruits contain a compound that works similarly to a drug used to reduce levels of harmful cholesterol, according to tests on rat liver cells.