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The WHO has added GLP-1 drugs for diabetes to its essential medicines list to improve global access, highlighting their importance despite high costs, and encouraging generic production to increase affordability. The list also includes treatments for cystic fibrosis and cancer, aiming to enhance availability worldwide.
The World Health Organization (WHO) is considering adding obesity drugs to its "essential medicines list" for the first time, which is used to guide government purchasing decisions in low- and middle-income countries. The request to consider obesity drugs was submitted by three doctors and a researcher in the United States, covering the active ingredient liraglutide in Novo Nordisk's obesity drug Saxenda. The panel could reject the request or wait for more evidence. A decision by the WHO to include Saxenda and eventual generics on the list for adults would mark a new approach to global obesity by the health agency.
Advisers to the World Health Organization will consider adding liraglutide, the active ingredient in certain diabetes and obesity medications, to its list of essential medicines. The drug mimics the effects of an appetite-regulating hormone and stimulates the release of insulin, helping to lower blood sugar and slow the passage of food through the gut. The request to add GLP-1 receptor agonists such as liraglutide came from four researchers at US institutions. WHO’s advisers will make recommendations on which drugs should be included in this year’s list, expected to come in September.
The World Health Organization (WHO) is considering adding obesity drugs to its "essential medicines list," which guides government purchasing decisions in low- and middle-income countries. The request to consider obesity drugs was submitted by three doctors and a researcher in the United States and covers the active ingredient liraglutide in Novo Nordisk's obesity drug Saxenda. The 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.