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

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. The request to consider obesity drugs was submitted by three doctors and a researcher in the United States. Expanding access Including obesity drugs among the WHO's essential medicines could have great significance for that population. The request to consider obesity drugs was submitted by three doctors and a researcher in the United States. Expanding accessIncluding obesity drugs among the WHO's essential medicines could have great significance for that population.