Federal health advisers voted Monday to recommend over-the-counter sales of a weight-loss pill now sold only with a prescription.Technorati Tags: Orlistat, Xenical, FDA, Weight Loss
GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare still needs final Food and Drug Administration approval before it can sell a nonprescription version of orlistat, a diet pill already marketed in prescription form as Xenical. The FDA approved the prescription version of the fat-blocking pill made by Roche in 1999.
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Monday, January 23, 2006
FDA Panel Recommends Weight-Loss Pill Orlistat (Xenical) for Over the Counter Sale
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