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Orexigen Therapeutics Reports Financial and Business Results for the First Quarter Ended March 31, 2015

May 8, 2015 7:00 AM EDT

SAN DIEGO, May 8, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: OREX) today announced business and financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2015.

"We are very pleased to report $11.5 million in Contrave net sales in the first full quarter following the October U.S. launch," said Mike Narachi, CEO of Orexigen. "Since the introduction of Contrave, growth of the overall obesity drug market has accelerated with a 15% increase in filled obesity drug prescriptions in the first quarter 2015 as compared to the same period in 2014. We expect Contrave to continue to gain... More