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Patients in that study will continue to be followed for five years to track the long-term safety and effectiveness of the Lap-Band.
Lap-Band Wider Use Approved Jennifer Corbett Dooren 2011
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During its review of Lap-Band, the FDA said data showed it helped obese patients lose weight and "may have a potential to significantly impact" health problems associated with obesity.
Lap-Band Wider Use Approved Jennifer Corbett Dooren 2011
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The company has said about 600,000 people have received a Lap-Band.
Lap-Band Wider Use Approved Jennifer Corbett Dooren 2011
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The Lap-Band is designed to be inserted surgically through a tiny incision and placed at the top portion of the stomach to reduce stomach capacity by creating a small pouch.
Lap-Band Wider Use Approved Jennifer Corbett Dooren 2011
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The Food and Drug Administration's decision means Allergan can market the Lap-Band to less severely overweight patients.
Lap-Band Wider Use Approved Jennifer Corbett Dooren 2011
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WASHINGTON — Allergan Inc.'s stomach-shrinking Lap-Band product won approval for broader use, signaling greater use of surgery for obesity while drugs for the condition run into trouble with regulators.
Lap-Band Wider Use Approved Jennifer Corbett Dooren 2011
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Rasco said the sisters are being considered for Lap-Band surgery, which restricts how much food the stomach can hold at one time, to help them lose weight.
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But sales in an obesity-intervention category that includes the company's "Lap-Band" gastric band declined 12%.
Allergan Profit Up Amid Strong Botox Sales Jon Kamp 2011
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• FDA approves Lap-Band for millions more patients: The agency expanded approval to patients with a body mass index between 30 and 40 and one weight-related medical condition, such as diabetes or high blood pressure.
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The Lap-Band had been approved to treat severely obese adults with a body mass index of 40 or more or a BMI of 35 with at least one obesity-related condition, such as Type 2 diabetes or high blood pressure.
Lap-Band Wider Use Approved Jennifer Corbett Dooren 2011
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