Acomplia News Index
Sanofi Hoping Acomplia Will Be Approved in Europe for Treating Diabetes
06 August 2007: While diet drug Acomplia / Zimulti (rimonabant) seems unlikely to make it to the U.S. market for at least a couple of years, Sanofi-Aventis appears hopeful.....Read
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Diet Drug Acomplia to Confront Tough EU Safety Analysis
19 July 2007: Sanofi-Aventis’s obesity pill Acomplia will confront a tough review from European drug safety experts this week....Read
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Sanofi-Aventis pulled its NDA in the United States
10 July 2007: The highly-debated anti-obesity drug Acomplia would not be marketed in the U.S as the French drug maker Sanofi-Aventis finally pulled its New Drug....Read
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German Court Rebuffed Sanofi’s Challenge against Acomplia’s Non–Compensation
25 June 2007: Sanofi-Aventis’s legal challenge against the German government's decision to categorize Acomplia as a non-reimbursable medicine has been rejected by the Social Affairs Court in Berlin....Read
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Generic Pharmaceuticals Brush Aside FDA Panel’s Rejection
21 June 2007: Despite of the FDA’s advisory panel refusal to endorse acomplia for sale in the U.S, the
Indian pharmacies, which recently launched their own generic equivalents of the drug, seem resolute to not extract their generic versions from the market....Read
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Sanofi- Dealing with Stiff Competition in India from Three Acomplia Equivalents
07 June 2007: It seems that Sanofi-Aventis’s acomplia still has to cross many barriers to make its way as three acomplia generics are giving tough competition...Read
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Diet Pill Acomplia (Rimonabant) Is Approved In Brazil
01 May 2007: French drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis
announced on 26-April-2007 that its anti-obesity Acomplia drug had received
approval from Brazil's health authority...Read
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U.S.
Weight Loss Market To Reach $68 Billion By 2010
25 April 2007: The U.S. weight loss market
will continue to grow and will become a whopping $68.7 billion market
by 2010, according to Marketdata Enterprises, Inc...Read
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Diet
Pill Alli Likely To Be Available In Europe By 2008
03 April 2007: Diet pill Alli, which will
be available for sale in the US this summer, is likely to be available
in Europe by the end of next year...Read
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Sanofi's
Acomplia Wins Swiss Approval
03 April 2007: French drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis
said on Tuesday its anti-obesity drug Acomplia
had been approved in Switzerland for obese or overweight patients...Read
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Diet
Pill Rimonabant To Rule The Market In 2010
29 March 2007: Diet pill Rimonabant (Acomplia
/ Zimulti), which is stalled by the FDA, will be a clinical benchmark
for treating obese or overweight people in 2010...Read
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U.S
Health Panel to Review Sanofi’s Acomplia in June
28 March 2007: Sanofi-Aventis said on Monday
a U.S. panel of health experts would review its anti-obesity pill Acomplia
in June, a move which analysts said caused new concerns over whether it
would win U.S. marketing approval...Read
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Sanofi's
Acomplia Gets Limited French Reimbursement
22 March 2007: Sanofi-Aventis said on Thursday
its anti-obesity drug Acomplia would be reimbursed by French social security
when prescribed to certain obese diabetics, but...Read
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Pharmacies
on The Mexican Border Sell Rimonabant (Acomplia)
09 March 2007: Acomplia diet pill which
is also known as Rimonabant is still waiting to get its approval from
the United States FDA. But now the pill has moved closer to the Americans
customers as it is now available on the borders of Mexico...Read
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Brazilians
Worst Abusers Of Diet Pills, U.N. Says
02 March 2007 :Brazilians are the world's
worst abusers of diet pills and the biggest producers of two potentially
dangerous weight-loss drugs...Read
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Caution
For Students
02 March 2007 :College students who are
in great requirement to loose weight should use caution...Read
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Sanofi
Still To Receive Approval
19 February 2007 :Acomplia, the most important
drug of Sanofi Aventis gets delayed again by the FDA for the third time...Read
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French
Health Advisory Body Recommends Acomplia
7 February 2007 :Scope of reimbursement
stated for Acomplia, by the transparency committee at the health authorities
who have published their recommendation...Read
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Sanofi's
Acomplia Looses its Ranking
1 February 2007 :It was anticipated that
Acomplia would get the approval of FDA, but the decision was delayed till
April. With this delay in the emergence of Acomplia, other drug makers
got time to manufacture drugs with the same use and effectiveness. An
expected amount of $ 7 billion was expected out of Acomplia...Read
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Cannabis
Drug May Help Fight Obesity
30 January 2007 :Human trials of an experimental
treatment for obesity derived from cannabis, which is commonly associated
with stimulating hunger, are scheduled to begin in the second half of
this year...Read
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US
Company Develops Better Weight Reduction Pill
28 December 2006 :A US company claimed to
have developed a weight reduction pill which works better and faster than
existing drugs and also could cut the risk of heart disease, diabetes
and cancer...Read
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'Miracle
Pill' May Help Trim Fat
29 November 2006 :In Europe, Anti-Obesity
Drug Shows Promise, But Also Requires Diet And Exercise...
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Dawn
Of A New Diet Pill?
29 November 2006 :After many years of research,
scientists are making progress with an entirely new kind of obesity pill
that's already on the market overseas...
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Sanofi Has No Comment On Acomplia U.S. Launch
31 October 2006 :French drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis
declined to say on Tuesday when it expected to launch anti-obesity pill
Acomplia in the United States...
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Diet
Pill Acomplia on Sale in 4 European Countries, But at What Price?
27 September 2006 :With Sanofi's highly
anticipated diet drug Acomplia (rimonabant) now on sale in Finland as
well as Denmark, Germany, the U.K., one thing we keep hearing is the diet
pill is considerably more expensive than expected in some places...
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Taunted
Teenager Named Slimmer of the Year
22 August 2006 :A schoolboy shed more than
four stone in just six months after years of being taunted by classmates
who nicknamed him 'Chubbs'...
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The
Healthier You Eat, the Better Your Sex Life Will Be
24 July 2006 :IF THE risk of heart disease,
diabetes and other chronic illness isn't compelling enough to prompt better
eating habits, maybe this is. The healthier your diet, the better your
sex life...
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FDA Approves First Treatment for Hunter Syndrome
24 July 2006 :The Food and Drug Administration
(FDA) today approved Elaprase (idursulfase), the first product for the
treatment of Hunter syndrome (Mucopolysaccharidosis II, or MPS II), a
rare inherited disease ...
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100-Calorie
Snack Packs: Do They Help With Weight Loss?
31 May 2006 : These days, quite a few snack
foods are available in 100-calorie packs — like Pringles chips,
Nutter Butter cookies, and even the 8-ounce mini Coke serving...
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