Orexigen Offers Robust Contrave Risk Plan To Monitor For Safety Concerns
Executive Summary
Orexigen brought a robust risk management plan and a post-market surveillance program to the Dec. 7 advisory committee review of its weight-loss drug Contrave, forestalling some of the questions that arose during assessments of other compounds seeking to enter the obesity space.
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