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Dominic Behan

Co-Founder

Arena Pharmaceuticals

6154 Nancy Ridge Dr.
San Diego, CA 92121

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San Diego-based Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc. is in the process of getting a FDA-approved obesity drug on the market with only one side effect -- something that is causing quite a buzz in the medicinal world.

In studies, two out of three patients using Arena's drug, Locaserin, lost at least 5 percent of their total body weight. Half of those patients lost at least 10 percent of their body weight.

In December, Arena filed the New Drug Application for Locaserin with the FDA.

If all goes smoothly, Arena co-founder Jack Leif said the drug could be available for prescriptions in October this year.