Pepsi has announced that it will remove the controversial artificial sweetener, aspartame, from Diet Pepsi in the USA. Despite the fact that regulators approve the use of aspartame as a sweetener, executives at Pepsi have decided to scrap the sweetener in response to consumer demand. Sales of Diet Pepsi fell by 5 per cent in […]
Creating new drugs to help people lose weight is now a massive business with many pharmaceutical companies trying to get a slice of the action. The latest drug to be approved by the American Food & Drug Administration was made by Arena Pharmaceuticals, and is the first to be approved by the government agency for […]