趣味双语：药品制造商减肥药之战的内幕

　　Like hundreds of other executives whose companies are trying to develop blockbuster weight-loss drugs, Amylin Pharmaceuticals (AMLN) CEO Daniel M. Bradbury has been riveted by the saga of a once-promising medication called Acomplia. The Sanofi-Aventis (SNY) drug, which is on sale in 20 countries, got clobbered last June in a review by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration. Bradbury watched a live simulcast as an FDA advisory panel grilled Sanofi executives over the memory loss, dizziness, depression, and other side effects reported by people who took Acomplia in clinical trials. Most worrisome, at least four people on the drug committed suicide. When it came time to vote on whether the FDA should approve the drug, the results weren't pretty.