WHO to consider adding obesity drugs to 'essential' medicines list

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Drugs that combat obesity could for the first time be included on the World Health Organization's "essential medicines list," used to guide government purchasing decisions in low- and middle-income countries, the U.N. agency told Reuters.

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WHO to consider adding obesity drugs to 'essential' medicines list

2 months ago·United Kingdom

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The Hindu

WHO to consider adding obesity drugs to 'essential' medicines list

Drugs that combat obesity could for the first time be included on the World Health Organization’s (WHO) “essential medicines list,” used to guide government purchasing decisions in low- and middle-income countries, the U.N. agency told Reuters. A panel of advisers to the WHO will review new requests for drugs to be included next month, with an updated essential medicines list due in September.

2 months ago·India

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WHO to consider adding obesity drugs to 'essential' medicines list

Drugs that combat obesity are under consideration for the first time for the World Health Organization's 'essential medicines list,' used to guide government purchasing decisions in low- and middle-income countries, the UN agency told Reuters.

2 months ago·Toronto, Canada

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WHO advisers to consider whether obesity medication should be added to Essential Medicines List

Advisers to the World Health Organization will consider next month whether to add liraglutide, the active ingredient in certain diabetes and obesity medications, to its list of essential medicines.

2 months ago·Atlanta, United States

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WHO advisers to consider whether obesity medication should be added to Essential Medicines List

By Katherine Dillinger, CNN Advisers to the World Health Organization will consider next month whether to add liraglutide, the active ingredient in certain diabetes and obesity medications, to its list of essential medicines. The list, which is updated every two years, includes medicines “that satisfy the priority health needs of the population,” WHO says. “They are intended to be available within the context of function health systems at all ti…

2 months ago·Idaho Falls, United States

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