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DEA finally acts on Belviq, clearing Arena for diet drug's launch
The DEA has made its decision on Belviq, the weight-loss drug that's been sitting on Arena's launching pad since its FDA approval last June. Belviq is now officially a Schedule IV controlled substance, and Arena can fire up its engines for a launch next month.
Arena pulls app for weight-loss drug Belviq in EU
Arena Pharmaceuticals has decided to take its drug application and go home. The drugmaker Friday said it was giving up for now on breaking through the European wall of resistance to its weight-loss drug Belviq. The company, which got FDA approval last year, yanked its application with little explanation.
Panel vote will add to FDA pain drug puzzle
The FDA is enmeshed in a process to find the right balance on how to approve and regulate addictive painkillers and a vote expected today is just one small piece of that puzzle-piecing exercise.
ADHD community seeks DEA action in med shortages
"When you have a controlled substance problem, the DEA has to be involved in fixing it," says Ruth Hughes, CEO at Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Drugs like
DEA quotas allow ADHD generics to run short
In yet another object lesson about the complexities of drug shortages, The New York Times takes a look at scarce ADHD medications. Anyone who's been following the ongoing drug-shortage mess knows
API mischief may underlie drug shortages
Unexpected changes in the physical-chemical properties of an API or excipient are often the culprit behind drug shortages. However, the changes are difficult to resolve. "Sometimes the cause may be
Shire blames Adderall shortage on DEA
Shire's attention deficit drug Adderall is running short in the U.S. So who's to blame? Shire says the Drug Enforcement Agency, which regulates the active ingredient in Adderall, dragged its feet on
DEA confiscates Georgia's execution drug
The Drug Enforcement Administration has seized Georgia's supply of sodium thiopental , a substance used in lethal injections, amid questions over how it was imported into the state. Sodium thiopental
Pain drug prescriptions skyrocket
Use of prescription pain pills has skyrocketed over the past several years, according to a government study. Sales of the five biggest painkillers--codeine, morphine, oxycodone, hydrocodone and
