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FDA Panel Endorses Contrave Weight-Loss Drug - ABC News

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An FDA advisory committee has voted 13-7 that the modest weight-loss benefits of an investigational combination of naltrexone and bupropion (Contrave) outweigh the drug's blood pressure risk.

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