Potential Cardiovascular Benefit Colors CV Safety Expectations For Obesity Drugs
Executive Summary
Only a superiority trial could give certainty of CV safety for weight-loss medications prior to approval, FDA’s Robert Temple tells the Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee.
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