Sanofi-Aventis shares dive after FDA panel rejects weight-loss drug Accomplia - PARIS (AP) - Shares of French pharmaceutical company Sanofi-Aventis plunged Thursday as investors reacted to U.S. federal health advisers’ rejection of the company’s Accomplia weight-loss drug. The Food and Drug administration’s advisory panel turned down the drug, also known as rimonabant and Ziumlti, after hearing testimony that it increases the risk of suicidal thoughts, even in patients without a history of depression. Sanofi-Aventis failed to show the drug is safe, the FDA panel said Wednesday.
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