Pharmeceutical company Allergan Inc., based in Irvine, California, has asked the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to widen the availability of obesity surgery to a wider set a patients. Or, to be more accurate, Allegan has asked the FDA to open use of their LAP-BAND (tm) device to thinner patients. The FDA will look at the request on Friday.......click for more

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