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• Nearly 10% of Children Have Tried Ineffective and Sometimes Dangerous Weight Loss Supplements

  January 12, 2024

  Martha Garcia

  Children and teens worldwide are increasingly turning to often dangerous and frequently ineffective dietary supplements for weight loss, study finds.

• Belviq Settlement Discussions Underway, as Cases Put on Hold

  May 12, 2022

  Irvin Jackson

  Belviq global settlement discussions could lead to a resolution of all cancer lawsuits filed over the recalled weight loss drug, a federal judge says.

• Belviq Colon Cancer Lawsuit Cleared To Move Forward Over Diet Drug Maker’s Failure to Warn

  March 17, 2022

  Irvin Jackson

  A Belviq colon cancer lawsuit will proceed, but without the plaintiffs ability to pursue punitive damages, an Ohio Magistrate Judge has ruled.

• Lawsuit Alleges Link Between Rare Form of Brain Cancer and Belviq Diet Pills

  February 3, 2022

  Irvin Jackson

  A product liability lawsuit claims a woman's brain cancer was caused by recalled Belviq diet pills.

• Colorectal Cancer Caused By Belviq, Lawsuit Over Discontinued Diet Pill Alleges

  January 27, 2022

  Irvin Jackson

  A Belviq lawsuit claims the recalled diet pill's side effects led to the development of colorectal cancer in a Texas woman.

• Fen Phen Lawsuits Continue to be Transferred into Federal Litigation

  October 2, 2012

  Austin Kirk

  Nearly 15 years after a federal multidistrict litigation (MDL) was established for all fen-phen lawsuits filed over side effects of...

• Lawsuits Over Fen-Phen Side Effects Years Later Allowed to Proceed

  August 31, 2012

  Austin Kirk

  A federal judge has rejected an attempt by Pfizer to cut-off new lawsuits over fen-phen, which continue to be brought...

• Fen-Phen PPH Lawsuits Should Be Cut Off, Drug Maker Argues

  August 30, 2012

  Austin Kirk

  Fifteen years have gone by since the diet drug Fen-Phen was removed from the market due to concerns about serious...

• Qnexa Diet Pill Approval Delayed in Face of New Safety Plan

  April 11, 2012

  Staff Writers

  Federal drug regulators have decided to delay a decision on whether to approve the weight loss drug Qnexa, which includes...

• FDA Warns of Homeopathic HCG Diet Pill Side Effects

  December 7, 2011

  Staff Writers

  Federal drug regulators are warning consumers that HGC hormone weight loss drugs are dangerous, and the agency will be cracking...