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Re:Drug Development Failure: how GLP-1 development was aband... by doctorpangloss on Friday August 30, 2024 @03:18PM (#41403662)
> The catastrophic failure of FenPhen also cooled the industry's interest in obesity medication.

In the 90s, more Americans were willing to have an eating disorder to stay thin compared to today.

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Re:Drug Development Failure: how GLP-1 development was aband... by skyyler on Friday August 30, 2024 @03:41PM (#41403830)
Fen-phen was an obesity medication that caused valvular heart disease and pulmonary hypertension. If you've never heard of fen-phen, check out this article from Sept. 23, 1997 in the New York Times: https://archive.is/ottWQ

Wyeth set aside $21.1 billion to cover the lawsuits. https://archive.is/k3Go4

It was kind of a big deal. Not many people younger than ~30 have heard of it for some reason.

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