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Zafgen halts obesity drug trial after second patient death

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Zafgen Inc said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration was putting a late-stage study testing its experimental obesity drug on complete hold after a second patient died during the trial. […]

December 2, 2015/by Reuters Health