W.H.O. Petitions
Applications to the World Health Organization
An Application to Include Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1) to the WHO Essential Medicines List for Adults (for novel indication of Weight Loss in Obesity)
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An Application to Include Acamprosate to the WHO Essential Medicines List for Adults (for novel indication of Alcohol Use Disorder)
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An Application to Include Naltrexone (oral and injectables) to the WHO Essential Medicines List for Adults (for novel indication of Alcohol Use Disorder)
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An Application to Include (Ultra) Long-Acting Insulin Analogues to the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines (2020)
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WHO Press Release: WHO prioritizes access to diabetes and cancer treatments in new Essential Medicines Lists
An Application to Include Blood Pressure Lowering Drug Fixed Dose Combinations to the Model List of Essential Medicines Lists for the Treatment of Essential Hypertension in Adults (2018)
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Learn more:
Making The List: Why Now is the Time to Declare that Combination Therapies for Hypertension are Essential (PDF)
An Application to Recommend That Angiotensin Receptor Blocker Be Added to the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines as an Agent for Treatment of Hypertension, Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction, and Chronic Kidney Disease
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An Application to Include Two BP Lowering Drug Fixed Dose Combination to the Model List of Essential Medicines Lists for the Treatment of Essential Hypertension in Adults
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Proposal for the Inclusion of a Statin for the Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases in the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines (PDF)
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An Application to Recommend That Beta-Blockers Be Added to the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines for Heart Failure (12.4) and That the Representative of the Beta-Blocker Class Be Switched to Bisoprolol From Atenolol (PDF)
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Proposal for the Inclusion of a Proton Pump Inhibitor for the Treatment of Dyspepsia in the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines (PDF)
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Glucagon (Inclusion) -- Adults and Children
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Building the Case for Clopidogrel as a World Health Organization Essential Medicine
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Proposal for the Inclusion of Risperidone for the Treatment of Psychotic Disorders in the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines
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An Application to Recommend That Aldosterone Antagonists Be Added to the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines for Heart Failure (12.4) and That the Representative of the Aldosterone Antagonist Class Be Spironolactone
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Proposal for the Inclusion of Trastuzumab in the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines for the Treatment of HER2-Positive Breast Cancer
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Proposal for the Inclusion of Imatinib Mesylate for the Treatment of Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia in the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines for Adults
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