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Beyond Belviq: Reinventing Arena To Focus On Phase II Candidates

 
• By Mike Ward

Dr. Amit Munshi, new CEO of Arena Pharmaceuticals, has already made several changes in the company’s focus and direction as it reduces its commitment to Belviq. He talked to Mike Ward about progress to date.

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Arena's CEO Amit Munshi talks to Scrip at Biotech Showcase

In the six months after joining Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc. as CEO, Dr. Amit Munshi has been busy: reducing the company’s commitment to obesity drug Belviq (lorcaserin), which it has partnered with Eisai Co. Ltd.; spinning out the discovery research activities into a new company, Beacon Discovery; and prioritizing three Phase II programs with readouts in 2017.

Munshi updates Mike Ward, global director of content at Informa Pharma Intelligence’s insights portfolio, on the company’s progress to date, in an interview conducted at

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