Glaxo's over-the-counter diet drug wins U.S. approval
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GlaxoSmithKline Plc won approval to sell an over-the-counter weight loss drug called Alli in the United States, the company and U.S. health officials said on Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON -- The nation's ongoing battle against obesity has a new weapon _ the first government-approved diet pill that can be bought without a prescription.
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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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(National-NBC) Nov. 24, 2004 - The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first drug that specifically targets Multiple Sclerosis.
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Pfizer Inc. won U.S. approval on Friday to promote its Celebrex pain reliever for treating children age two and older who have rheumatoid arthritis, the Food and Drug Administration said on Friday.
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Pfizer Inc. said on Monday the US Food and Drug Administration has approved use of its Geodon schizophrenia drug to treat mania associated with bipolar disorder.
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GlaxoSmithKline Plc (GSK.L) has agreed to release all clinical studies of its drugs to settle a lawsuit that accused it of withholding negative information about the antidepressant Paxil, the New York Attorney General's office said on Thursday.
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U.S. health officials on Thursday  approved over-the-counter sales for an at-home heart  defibrillator that proponents hope will save more people from  sudden cardiac death.
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GlaxoSmithKline won permission yesterday from the Food and Drug Administration to sell a tumor-growth inhibitor called Tykerb to treat breast cancer.
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The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new form of the widely used cancer drug Taxol that is easier to administer and avoids some side effects.
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The FDA has appoved a drug called alli, the first diet pill that can be bought without a prescription
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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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A once-daily pill that combines three drugs used to treat HIV received federal approval Wednesday, giving U.S. patients the first triple "cocktail" therapy that can be swallowed as a single dose.
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GlaxoSmithKline Plc is preparing for a  "renaissance" of its oncology business, led by Tykerb, a novel  pill that is expected to win U.S. regulatory approval for  breast cancer next month.
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WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday gained broad new powers to ensure the safety of prescription drugs used by millions of Americans under a bill President Bush signed into law.
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U.S. health regulators have approved GlaxoSmithKline Plc's   pill Tykerb for patients with advanced breast cancer after other treatments have failed, a company spokeswoman said on Tuesday.
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Women with advanced breast cancer that other treatments have failed to stop gained a new option Tuesday with the approval of a novel drug made by GlaxoSmithKline PLC.