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FDA Panel Rejects Arena's Weight Loss Drug Lorcaserin

Sep. 17, 2010

ADELPHI, Md. – An FDA panel Thursday said the potential risks of tumors, psychiatric effects and heart problems outweighed any benefits of weight loss with Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s Lorquess (lorcaserin). (BioWorld Today)

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