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Some people suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease , or COPD, now have a new weapon in the drug arsenal. On Tuesday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved roflumilast, a new class of drug for COPD treatment made by Forest Pharmaceuticals.

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