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Pfizer smoke drug bests Zyban 

Jump to full article: UPI, 2005-11-15
Author: CLAUDE SALHANI

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Pfizer's smoking-cessation drug varenicline works better than the only currently marketed oral anti-smoking aide Zyban, according to a new study.

Smokers using Pfizer's drug, which the firm plans to market as Champix, doubled their odds of successfully kicking the habit, compared to those taking GlaxoSmithKline's Zyban (bupropion), said a study released Tuesday at the annual meeting of the American Heart Association in Dallas.

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