Zimulti
Generic name: rimonabant
Treatment for: Weight Loss (Obesity/Overweight)
Rimonabant USA: Update - Mar 26, 2007
- Sanofi-aventis Acknowledges FDA Announcement of an Advisory Committee Meeting for rimonabant -PARIS, March 26, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- Sanofi-aventis announced today the FDA notice for its first in class CB1 receptor antagonist rimonabant, now scheduled for an Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee Meeting to be held on June 13, 2007.
The Committee will discuss the efficacy and safety of rimonabant in obesity.
Sanofi-aventis is pleased to have the opportunity to present its data on rimonabant and to exchange with experts.
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