The World Health Organization updated its guidelines for essential medicines Wednesday to include drugs to treat multiple sclerosis, heart conditions, cancer and more. But obesity medications were not ...

Pembrolizumab was added to the Model List of Essential Medicines for several metastatic cancers, with atezolizumab and cemiplimab listed as alternatives for metastatic non-small cell lung cancer.

A heart drug that combines three medications in one pill — otherwise known as a polypill — has been included in the List of Essential Medicines from the World Health Organization (WHO). The unique ...

* WHO added 20 adult and 15 child medicines to its essential list * Cancer immunotherapies and GLP-1 diabetes drugs now included * Experts warn affordability and fair access //remain major barriers ...

The World Health Organization decided to not add GLP-1 receptor agonists indicated for weight loss, such as Wegovy, to its 2023 essential medicines list, which includes about 500 drugs. The WHO said ...

LONDON (Reuters) -The World Health Organization has added GLP-1 drugs to treat diabetes to its essential medicines list alongside treatments for cystic fibrosis and cancer, and said it hopes this will ...

LONDON, July 26 (Reuters) - Obesity drugs will not join the World Health Organization's (WHO) latest essential medicines list, but treatments for diseases, including Ebola and multiple sclerosis will, ...

The World Health Organization added Novo Nordisk A/S’s Ozempic and Eli Lilly & Co.’s Mounjaro to its list of essential medicines, a step that may expand access to the drugs around the world. The ...

One of the world’s most sought-after drugs has officially become a vital medication. The World Health Organization has just added semaglutide—the active ingredient in Ozempic and Wegovy—to its list of ...