Court Backs Advertising Ban on Weight-Loss Drug, Disappoints Drug Maker Roche Holding AG

A PHARMACEUTICAL company has lost its Federal Court battle to overturn an advertising ban on a controversial weight-loss drug.A federal health committee voted in February to ban advertising for Xenical after complaints that it was being marketed extensively during television shows that appealed to young people, and that pharmacists were dispensing it to customers who were not overweight or obese.

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