VIVUS, Inc. (VVUS) Qsymia Prescriptions Show Gains During Slow Holiday Week (ARNA) (OREX)

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VIVUS, Inc. (Nasdaq: VVUS) is lower on the session amid new data for prescriptions of its weight-loss pill, Qsymia.

According to Bloomberg Industries, Qsymia prescriptions rose 24 percent to 2,859 last week. Data comes from Symphony Health Solutions.

Bloomberg also noted that the shortened holiday week (MLK Day) saw its retail prescription index fall nine percent.

The news comes as peer Arena Pharma (Nasdaq: ARNA) and its partner Eisai are planning to debut competing obesity pill Belviq soon. Orexigen (Nasdaq: OREX), which is developing Contrave as a weight-loss pill, is still in testing phases.

VIVUS is off about 0.4 percent Monday morning.

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