Europe Opens the Way for Two New Obesity Drugs
January 24, 2015 — Let’s just say it. European regulators were spooked by obesity drugs for quite a few years. So news that first buproprion/naltrexone (Contrave U.S./Mysimba EU) and now liraglutide (Saxenda) have been recommended for approval in Europe is good news indeed. What spooked the Europeans was the experience with rimonobant. The European Commission (EC) granted Sanofi approval for this obesity treatment in 2006, […]
