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5 Best Long Term Stocks To Invest In Right Now: VIVUS Inc (VVUS)

VIVUS, Inc., incorporated on May 16, 1996, is a biopharmaceutical company. It commercializes and develops therapies to address unmet needs in obesity, sleep apnea, diabetes and sexual health. The Company's drug, Qsymia (phentermine and topiramate extended-release) was approved by the the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of obesity as an adjunct to a reduced-calorie diet and increased physical activity for chronic weight management in adult patients with an initial body mass index (BMI) of 30 or greater (obese), or 27 or greater (overweight) in the presence of at least one weight-related comorbidity, such as hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus or high cholesterol (dyslipidemia). Qsymia incorporates low doses of active ingredients from two previously approved drugs, phentermine and topiramate. It has completed Phase 2 clinical studies for Qsymia for the treatment of sleeps apnea and Qsymia for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. Its drug al so includes STENDRA, or avanafil.

Qsymia for the treatment of obesity was approved as an adjunct to a reduced-calorie diet and increased physical activity for chronic weight management in adult patients with an initial BMI of 30 or greater (obese), or 27 or greater (overweight) in the presence of at least one weight-related comorbidity, such as hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus or high cholesterol (dyslipidemia). Qsymia incorporates low doses of active ingredients from two previously approved drugs, phentermine and topiramate.

The Company initially launched Qsymia for distribution to eligible patients through the home delivery networks of two certified pharmacies, CVS Pharmacy and Walgreens. Since then, it has expanded the distribution of Qsymia to include the home delivery networks of Express Scripts, Wal-Mart Pharmacy and, for its members only, Kaiser Permanente. Clinical studies of topiramate, a component of Qsymia, in type ! 2 diabetics resul ted in a clinically reduction of hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c). The! Company's drug, STENDRA (avanafil), is an oral PDE5 inhibitor the Company has licensed from Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation (MTPC).

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Spencer Osborne]

  Vivus (VVUS) announced Monday that the anti-obesity drug Qsymia is now available at about 8,000 retail pharmacies including, Walgreens, Costco, and Duane Reade pharmacies nationwide. The company had indicated previously that the retail roll-out would take until mid July. Vivus also indicated that it will continue to grow the retail presence over the coming months.

• [By Brian Orelli]

  Obesity catfight
  VIVUS (NASDAQ: VVUS  ) will launch fights on two fronts this summer.

  The biotech company's obesity drug Qsymia now has direct competition from Arena Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ARNA  ) and Eisai's recently launched Belviq. I continue to think there's plenty of room for both drugs on the market; obesity is an epidemic after all. But in the short term, it's going to be interesting to see if the launch of Belviq cuts into Qsymia sales.

• [By John Udovich]

  Small cap biotech Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc (NASDAQ: ARNA) soared yesterday and last Friday on earnings as well as news that the company will expand its marketing and supply agreement with Japan based Eisai for its BELVIQ (lorcaserin HCl) obesity drug, meaning it might be time to take a closer look at other biotech stocks like Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc (NASDAQ: OREX), EnteroMedics Inc (NASDAQ: ETRM) and VIVUS, Inc (NASDAQ: VVUS) that are in the business of treating obesity. Specifically, Arena Pharmaceuticals announced an expanded agreement providing Eisai with exclusive commercialization rights for all countries worldwide (except for South Korea, Taiwan, Australia, Israel and New Zealand) for BELVIQ where Arena will receive an upfront payment of $60 million and is eligible to receive up to a to! tal of $1! 76.5 million in regulatory and development milestone payments - an increase of $123 million from the amount remaining available under the previous agreement. BELVIQ was a pproved in June 2012, but didn't reach the market until June 2013 due to logistical concerns like classification by the Drug Enforcement Administration. Its alsoapproved for use in adults who are obese or who are overweight and who have at least one serious medical condition (e.g. diabetes or high cholesterol).

• [By Brian Orelli]

  VIVUS' (NASDAQ: VVUS  ) Qsymia, for instance, was originally called Qnexa. The biotech company took awhile to get its sales people in place after approval, so it probably didn't have a bunch of manufacturing and sales materials with Qnexa on them printed before the approval. But all the branding opportunities as the drug worked its way through the drug development process were wasted. A Google search for Qnexa on Google results in about 610,000 hits!

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