PR Newswire Europe - Two-Year Data From the Rimonabant in Obesity (RIO)-Europe Study to be Announced at the American College of Cardiology Scientific Session 2005 in Orlando,…

ORLANDO, Florida, March 4 /PRNewswire/ — Obesity is a major public health burden and a key risk factor for the development of cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of mortality worldwide.(1)
The 2-year RIO-Europe trial is one of four Phase III studies comprising the RIO programme, which assesses the efficacy and safety of rimonabant, the first in a new class of therapeutic agents called CB1-blockers.

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WHAT: Two-Year Data from the RIO-Europe Study: Metabolic Effects of
Rimonabant in Overweight/Obese Patients

WHO: Luc Van Gaal M.D., PhD

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