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Prior to joining Orexigen, Narachi served as chairman, CEO and president of Ren Pharmaceuticals, a private biotechnology firm. He was also executive chairman of Naryx Pharma, a private pharmaceutical company. In 2004, Narachi retired as an officer and VP and general manager of Amgen's Anemia Business. Overall, he spent 20 years at Amgen.
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As OrexigenaEUR(TM)s president and CEO, Narachi will see through the completion of three Phase 3 trials for Contrave, and the obesity drugaEUR(TM)s NDA filing, which is scheduled for the first half of 2010. Narachi also will oversee the development of Empatic, which is in the later stages of Phase 2 clinical development.
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San Diego-based Orexigen Therapeutics is focused on the treatment of obesity. The company's lead combination product candidates targeted for obesity are Contrave and Empatic. Each product candidate is designed to act on a specific group of neurons in the central nervous system with the goal of achieving appetite suppression and sustained weight loss.
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