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 improve global ...

On 5 September 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) updated its Model List of Essential Medicines (EML), a global benchmark guiding public procurement and insurance coverage in over 150 countries ...

The World Health Organisation has added GLP-1 drugs to treat diabetes, as well as treatments for cystic fibrosis and cancer, to its essential medicines list, aiming to boost global access to these ...

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

The World Health Organization has updated its Model Lists of Essential Medicines and Essential Medicines for Children, adding drugs for cancer, diabetes, obesity and other conditions. Among the ...

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.

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 ...