Obesity Pill Makers in Focus as EMA CHMP Denies Belviq MAA (ARNA) (VVUS) (OREX)

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Arena Pharma (ARNA) Receives Day 180 from CHMP for Belviq

January 22, 2013 8:04 AM EST

In March 2012, Arena Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: ARNA) filed a Marketing Authorization Application, or MAA, through the Centralized Procedure with the European Medicines Agency, or EMA, for the marketing approval of BELVIQ (lorcaserin HCl) in the European Union, or EU. The proposed indication for BELVIQ in the EU is as an adjunct to diet and exercise for weight... More