Extend Nutrition, a US-based diabetes nutrition products manufacturer, is expanding distribution of its Peanut Butter Chocolate and Chocolate Extend Bars to more than 10,000 Walmart, CVS and Kmart stores across the country. The move ...
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According to independent research from private label software specialist Trace One, more than 80% of consumers stated that packaging could mislead them to make unhealthy food purchases, leading them to obesity. In the Trace One ...
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Vivus has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Qsymia as an adjunct to a reduced-calorie diet. Qsymia will be used to manage chronic weight in adult patients with an initial body mass index (BMI) of 30 ...
Arena Pharmaceuticals and Eisai have announced FDA approval of Belviq (lorcaserin HCl) for chronic weight management in adults who are overweight with comorbidity or obese. The FDA approved Belviq as an adjunct to a reduced-calorie diet ...
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Akrimax Pharmaceuticals has introduced Suprenza (phentermine HCl) orally disintegrating tablets (ODT) for the management of exogenous obesity. The company has launched Suprenza ODT in 15mg and 30mg dosage strengths. Suprenza is ...
Tags: pharceumatical product, obesity drugs, clinical research
Editor's note: The following column was written by Judy Amabile, the president of Polar Bottle Product Architect's Inc. and Adeline Bash, public relations associate for Polar Bottle Product Architect's Inc. When people look back at the ...
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Pfizer has granted exclusive development and marketing rights to ChemRar group company SatRx for their DPP(1)-IVi compound, PF-00734200 for type 2 diabetes (T2D). T2D is one of the most burdensome chronic non-communicable diseases, which ...
Tags: Satrx Exclusive License, epidemic proportions, R&D portfolio
UK-based National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has recommended the use of Covidien's Bispectral Index (BIS) brain monitoring system in all patients receiving total intravenous anaesthesia. The system, which is an ...
SportsQuest has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Maize Pluss, has signed a contract to distribute organic stevia, an USDA FDA approved organic sweetener. SportsQuest CEO Jeff Burns said that the company is building a very ...
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Following the news last week that Premier plc sold its sweet pickles and table sauces business to Mizkan,just-food caught up with the Japanese firm's Euro-Americas president Craig Smith to discuss its plans for the brand.Elsewhere,word ...
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GI Dynamics has gained full approval to initiate ENDO trial for its non-surgical EndoBarrier device from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The EndoBarrier liner, which is implanted into the gut, is a flexible, tube-shaped device ...
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The Paragon report has revealed FDA's consideration to provide a faster pathway for obesity treatments, life-saving antibiotics and other drugs fit to offer societal benefit. Under the new pathway, the FDA is expected to allow developers ...
Brainsway has started the multicenter clinical trial of its Deep TMS device, designed to treat various neurological and psychopathological disorders. Noninvasive Deep TMS device has also the potential to treat schizophrenia, obesity, ...
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A swathe of results releases this week highlighted the ongoing difficulties of operating in the current economic climate. Supervalu announced that it is cutting 2,500 jobs from its Albertsons chain and McCain said that it is quitting pizza ...
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In March 2010, Michelle Obama stood on a stage in Washington and leveled a challenge at the food industry's biggest players. "We need you all to step it up," she told a meeting of the Grocery Manufacturers Association. Just a month earlier, ...
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