Saturday, June 29, 2013 10:40:38 AM
by Stephen Simpson
As an investor and writer with no financial stake in any of the companies involved, watching the message board battles between Arena (ARNA) and Vivus (VVUS) shareholders is good theater. Both companies have FDA-approved drugs on the market that are effective in helping obese people lose weight, but neither Arena's Belviq nor Vivus's Qsymia look like "the one obesity drug to rule them all". Belviq is hampered by modest efficacy, while Qsymia can produce scary side effects and has a more limited marketing effort behind it. read more »
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