E-DRUG: Lancet: Essential medicines are still essential
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[Thank you Andy. You have provided links to a lot of very important and useful information as well as the Lancet article in full below. BS]
Dear E-druggers
Some time ago, there was considerable discussion on E-DRUG about the inclusion of several expensive, new medicines on the WHO Model Essential Medicines List. Some of the issues raised have been addressed in the Lancet commentary below, which responds to the release of the full Technical Report Series document from the 20th Expert Committee on the Selection and Use of Essential Medicines
http://www.who.int/selection_medicines/committees/expert/20/en
TRS 994 is accessible at http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/189763/1/9789241209946_eng.pdf?ua=1
The full series of TRS documents, for all meetings of the Expert Committee since 1977, is at http://www.who.int/medicines/publications/essentialmeds_committeereports/en/
The current and previous WHO Model EMLs are at http://www.who.int/medicines/publications/essentialmedicines/en/
Regards
Andy