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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- VIVUS, Inc. (NASDAQ: VVUS) today announced that VIVUS management will present an overview of the company at four investment conferences during the month of May. The conference presentation schedule is as follows: Deutsche Bank Health Care Conference May 4, 2011 at 11:20 a.m. ET Presented by: Timothy Morris, chief financial officer InterContinental Boston, Boston, MA JMP...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- VIVUS, Inc. (NASDAQ: VVUS) today announced that detailed results from the 56-week CONQUER study were published in The Lancet evaluating the efficacy and safety of investigational drug QNEXA in 2,487 patients across 93 sites in the US. Data published in the peer-reviewed journal provided an in-depth look at weight loss and improvements in the full spectrum of co-morbidities studied as secondary endpoints, including cardiovascular,...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- VIVUS, Inc. (Nasdaq: VVUS) today announced long-term data that demonstrated patients treated with the investigational drug QNEXA® for two years showed reductions in blood pressure and the use of antihypertensive medications as well as improvements in lipid levels following significant reductions in weight loss as compared to those in the placebo group over two years. The data - additional results from the SEQUEL study - were presented...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- VIVUS, Inc. (Nasdaq: VVUS) today announced that Timothy Morris, chief financial officer, will present an overview of the company at the 10th Annual Needham Healthcare Conference. The VIVUS presentation will take place at the Palace Hotel in New York, New York on Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. ET. A live webcast and 30-day archive of the presentation will be available at http://ir.vivus.com. About VIVUS VIVUS is a...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Feb. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- VIVUS, Inc. (Nasdaq: VVUS), a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the development and commercialization of novel therapeutic products, today reported its highlights and financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2010. 2010 Highlights In the QNEXA investigational drug development program, we successfully completed the two-year SEQUEL study, an extension study in 675 patients from the CONQUER study. Results...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Feb. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- VIVUS, Inc. (Nasdaq: VVUS) today announced that Timothy Morris, chief financial officer, will present an overview of the company at three investment conferences during the month of March. The conference presentation schedule is as follows: Citi's 2011 Global Health Care Conference March 1, 2011 at 4:00 p.m. ET Hilton New York Hotel, New York,...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Jan. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- VIVUS, Inc. (Nasdaq: VVUS) today announced that it held an End-of-Review meeting with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the New Drug Application (NDA) for QNEXA®, an investigational drug for the treatment of obesity. The meeting occurred on January 19th at the FDA's offices in Maryland and was attended by senior members of the FDA and VIVUS' management and consultants. At this meeting the FDA requested that VIVUS assess the...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Jan. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- VIVUS, Inc. (Nasdaq: VVUS) today announced that Leland Wilson, chief executive officer, will present an overview of the company at the 29th Annual JP Morgan Healthcare Conference. The VIVUS presentation will take place at the Westin St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, CA on Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at 8:30 a.m. PT. A live webcast and 30-day archive of the presentation will be available at http://ir.vivus.com. About VIVUS VIVUS is a...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Dec. 20, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- VIVUS, Inc. (Nasdaq: VVUS) today announced that the company filed a Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) with the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for QNEXA® (phentermine/topiramate) Controlled Release Capsules in the European Union (EU). The proposed indication in the EU is for the treatment of obesity, including weight loss and maintenance of weight loss, and should be used in conjunction with a mildly hypocaloric diet. If...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Dec. 14, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- VIVUS, Inc. (Nasdaq: VVUS) today announced that the company, as part of its continuing effort to secure regulatory approval for QNEXA® in the U.S., submitted a briefing document to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) designed to address items in the FDA's Complete Response Letter (CRL), issued on October 28, 2010. The company also announced that the Endocrine and Metabolic Division of the FDA has granted VIVUS a meeting in the...
