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Weight loss drug Belviq pulled from market over cancer risk

By LINDA A. JOHNSON | February 13, 2020

The maker of a weight loss drug pulled it from the market Thursday at the request of federal regulators, who said it posed a slight increased risk of cancer.Japan’s Eisai Inc. said it was voluntarily withdrawing the drug, Belviq. However, the company...