Arena Pharma (ARNA) Reports Lorcaserin Caused 'Statistically Significant' Weight Loss in Recent Phase 3

May 26, 2011 6:58 AM EDT
Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARNA) presents meta-analyses of the three trials in the lorcaserin Phase 3 clinical trial program at ECO 2011, the 18th European Congress on Obesity.

From the release: "The analyses show that lorcaserin caused statistically significant weight loss compared to placebo at one year among 7,500 obese and overweight, diabetic and non-diabetic adults. The lorcaserin-mediated weight loss was associated with favorable changes in biomarkers that may be predictive of cardiovascular and metabolic risk and in quality of life."


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