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FDA Panel Rejects Experimental Weight Loss Pill

Jul 15th 2010 – 6:56PM

GAITHERSBURG, MD. (July 15) -- A panel of federal health experts dealt a surprising setback Thursday to a highly anticipated anti-obesity pill from Vivus Inc., saying the drug's side effects outweigh its ability to help patients lose weight. The Food and Drug Administration panel voted 10-6 against Vivus's Qnexa, citing...

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  • 05/24/12 Hall a no-show at APS cheating tribunal Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution It was teacher Camille Neely's tribunal hearing Thursday, but retired Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent Beverly Hall was, in many ways, the star of the proceedings.
  • 05/23/12 Forty years later, Paul's drive-in returns to downtown... Source: BCLocalNews.com A 1931 Ford Model A truck was the first to ceremoniously pull into the reopened drive-in last Saturday at Paul's Motor Inn. The original drive-in closed in 1972, but the restaurant, with its retro style still clearly visible through big windows facing Douglas Street, has operated at the front of the motel since then.
  • 05/18/12 Corruption probe not a block to this Cinnaminson honor Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia PA If Cinnaminson had a navy, the admirals would boast about winning medals even as crew members got tossed in the brig. Amid a corruption probe that led to the arrests of a supervisor and assistant supervisor of the township Sewerage Authority, five other employees and three private citizens, the authority's board of commissioners received and eagerly announced a "Wave Achievement Award" from the statewide Association of Environmental Authorities.
  • 05/17/12 Crews Battle to Contain Raging Arizona Wildfires Source: Scientific American Crews with hand tools battled to contain wind-whipped Arizona wildfires on Wednesday that have raced across more than 30 square miles of parched ponderosa forest, brush and grassland, consuming several buildings and threatening a small town.
  • 05/17/12 Crews battle to contain raging Arizona wildfires Source: The Weekly - Peachtree Corners GA Crews with hand tools battled to contain wind-whipped Arizona wildfires on Wednesday that have raced across more than 30 square miles of parched ponderosa forest, brush and grassland, consuming several buildings and threatening a small town.

Background on Michael King

Michael King, OBE (15 December 1945 – 30 March 2004) was a New Zealand popular historian, author and biographer.

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