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Eisai said on July 19 that its California-based licensing partner Arena Pharmaceuticals has obtained the US FDA’s nod for Belviq XR (lorcaserin), a once-daily formulation of the antiobesity treatment Belviq. Belviq XR is a sustained release version of Belviq, which…
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