Last July, the cost-effectiveness drug watchdog ICER released a preliminary draft report that Vivus’ Qsymia was the most cost-effective option for weight loss. That decision has now been validated.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a supplemental indication for the combination phentermine and topiramate extended-release capsules (Qsymia, Vivus LLC) in patients aged 12 years and older with obesity.
Researchers at Rockefeller University and Princeton discovered that inhibiting a specific population of neurons in one region of the brainstem not only reduces food intake, it also increases energy expenditure. The discovery could inspire the development of more effective weight-loss drugs, they believe.
In just its second enforcement letter this year, the FDA's Office of Prescription Drug Promotion clamped down on Vivus for a webpage marketing its struggling obesity drug Qsymia.
The US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (OPDP) last week issued its second untitled letter of the year to California drugmaker Vivus because of claims made on the company’s website about its weight-loss drug Qsymia (phentermine and topiramate).
Obesity affects more than one-third of adults in the U.S. Since 1980, the obesity rate among adults has more than doubled. Reversing the trend has proven difficult.
Let’s be honest, the market for weight loss drugs has mostly been bust. While the industry has moved on from the fen-phen fiasco of decades past, newer diet pills like Belviq and Qsymia have still failed to deliver big sales.
Diet pill maker Orexigen Therapeutics is waving the white flag Monday morning after a years-long battle to bring its finances into the black. With crushing debt looming, the company is filing Chapter 11 bankruptcy in a last-ditch effort to settle its accounts.
Enforcement Report - Week of September 20, 2017