Vivus Obesity Drug Rejected Again by European Medicines Agency
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Vivus Inc.’s obesity drug, approved in July in the U.S., failed for a second time to gain the backing of European regulators because of its potential side effects.
The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use recommended against approving Vivus’s pill in October because of concern about the long-term effects on the heart and nervous system. Vivus appealed, and the Mountain View, California-based company said today in a statement that its request was rejected.