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Belly-fat pill, part two.

Posted on March 5, 2007. Filed under: Weight loss, biotech, fat, obesity |

Interesting: another company claiming to have a partial solution to abdominal fat, “anticipated to be an effective means of controlling the accumulation of intra-abdominal fat, [...]

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Belly fat: here today, gone tomorrow?

Posted on March 1, 2007. Filed under: Weight loss, biotech, fat, obesity |

A pill that melts belly fat?
According to Innodia, yes! Its product Adyvia is currently in Phase II clinical trials.
If this truly is the drug it’s purported to be, this will definitely be a blockbuster drug.

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Cytos Biotechnology’s anti-obesity vaccine fails.

Posted on November 22, 2006. Filed under: Weight loss, biotech, fat, obesity, vaccines |

The anti-obesity vaccine from Cytos Biotechnology I blogged about on October 14, 2006 failed its Phase III clinical trials.  Its CEO, Dr. Wolfgang Renner, remarked, “Based on the available data, a further development of this particular vaccine candidate in obesity is not warranted.”
The strange thing is the vaccine didn’t totally fail: it elicited strong antibody [...]

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A radical, two-fold approach to weight loss.

Posted on November 15, 2006. Filed under: Weight loss, biotech, fat, obesity |

In collaboration with prestigious Columbia University, Ambryx Biotechnology has new technology designed to:

Reduce the number of fat cells.
Prevent fat storage.

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Cellulite: soon to be forgotten? Not quite.

Posted on October 21, 2006. Filed under: biotech, cellulite, fat |

Not all biotech developments are for pressing diseases; some are cosmetic.  In a similar vein as Botox Cosmetic, Enhance Biotech and others are working on non-invasive anti-cellulite treatments.

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