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The FDA moves forward with filbanserin, but not every expert is convinced
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The FDA moves forward with filbanserin, but not every expert is convinced
>> reporter: cindy whitehead is out to change that. >> about four in ten women report sexual dysfunction. >> reporter: she's the woman behind the little pink pill.ym whose name isç less than sexy. she quit her job to buy the rights and founded sprout pharmaceutical. she's been fighting for fda approval for three years. >> what did you hear from the fda? >> we heard from the fda in the simplest term no. but they basically said to us is in a risk-benefit evaluation they felt that the effect was only modest and therefore they didn't give us approval. >> reporter: the fda denied our request to b...