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Fen-Phen Risks Won’t Color U.S. FDA Diet Pill Review - BusinessWeek

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U.S. regulators won't re-examine safety data from fen-phen, the recalled diet drug tied to heart damage, as they review a new generation of weight-loss pills led by Vivus Inc.'s Qnexa that use some of the same ingredients.

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