(NewsNation) — The World Health Organization has added drugs intended to treat diabetes to its essential medicines list in hopes the classification will improve global access to the costly drugs. The ...

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 ...

The World Health Organization published updated editions of its Model List of Essential Medicines (EML) and Essential Medicines for Children (EMLc) to include new treatments for several cancers as ...

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 ...

Ed Silverman, a senior writer and Pharmalot columnist at STAT, has been covering the pharmaceutical industry for nearly three decades. He is also the author of the morning Pharmalittle newsletter and ...

LONDON (Reuters) -The World Health Organization plans to officially back the use of weight-loss drugs to treat obesity in adults for the first time, a memo reviewed by Reuters on Thursday showed, ...

LONDON, Sept 15 (Reuters) - The World Health Organization will recommend using weight-loss drugs to treat obesity in adults, according to draft guidance from the agency that urged countries to take ...

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 ...