[e-drug] proposed WHO EML changes 2005

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E-DRUG: proposed WHO EML changes 2005
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Dear E-druggers,

The 14th Expert Committee on the Selection and Use of Essential Medicines will meet 7-11 March 2005
www.who.int/medicines/organization/par/edl/expcom14/expertcomm14.shtml

A bit 'hidden' behind the draft agenda, I found:
- 8 applications for NEW Essential medicines
- 34 proposed deletions
- 2 proposed reinstatements

See below the list of medicines proposed. Many have motivations that can be downloaded.
Any E-drugger who wants to debate a change?
The deadline for sending comments to WHO is 30 October!
E-drug won't close...

Wilbert
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Wilbert Bannenberg, E-drug moderator
Email: wjb@planet.nl
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8 Applications for addition
See http://www.who.int/medicines/organization/par/edl/expcom14/expcom05add.shtml

cefixime  Application: WHO/RHR (138kb pdf)
emtricitabine  Application: Gilead Sciences Inc. (289kb pdf)
levonorgestrel-releasing IUD for contraception  Application: WHO/RHR (289kb pdf)
methadone   Media Alert February 2004 (26KB pdf) Letter to Director-General WHO (44KB pdf) 
mifepristone combined with misoprostol   Application: WHO/RHR (75kb pdf)
miltefosine  Application: Zentaris GMbH (418kb pdf)
tenofovir   Application: Gilead Sciences Inc. (346kb pdf)
zinc sulfate


34 Medicines for possible deletion
http://www.who.int/medicines/organization/par/edl/expcom14/expcom05del.shtml


aminophylline (12KB pdf) 
atropine (antispasmodic)  Review: International Society of Drug Bulletins (33KB pdf) 
calcium gluconate (as mineral) 
clonazepam   Review: International Society of Drug Bulletins (26KB pdf) 
codeine (13KB pdf) 
colchicine 
cromoglicic acid 
diethyltoluamide (11KB pdf) 
ergometrine (11KB pdf) 
ergotamine 
ether 

factor IX and factorVIII    Submission: World Federation of Hemophilia (317KB pdf) 
Comment: WHO/HGN (Human Genetics) (252KB pdf) 
Message: Dr Jing Sun, Guangzhou, China (23KB word) 
Message: Dra Rosa Nieves, Santo Domingo, Repzblica Dominica (22KB word) 
Message: Maria Joao Diniz, Lisbon, Portugal (21KB word) 
Message: Dr R Anburajan, Tirunelveli, India (22KB word) 
Letter: Association Suisse des Himophiles (23KB pdf) 
Letter: The Haemophilia Society, United Kingdom (30KB pdf) 

imipenem/cilastatin 
E-mail from Prof.Dr. Marcus M|ller (12KB pdf) 
Letter from Prof. S. Ragnar Norrby (18KB pdf) 
EDM reply to Prof. S. Ragnar Norroby (11KB pdf) 
Message to representative of Merck & Co., Inc (10KB pdf) 

isoprenaline  Review: International Society of Drug Bulletins (74KB pdf) 
levofloxacin 
local anaesthetic/astringent ointment (for haemorrhoids)  Review: International Society of Drug Bulletins (19KB pdf) 
medroxyprogesterone acetate depot injection   Comment: WHO/RHR memorandum (29KB pdf)  Comment: MSF (17KB pdf) 
medroxyprogesterone acetate tablet 
nalidixic acid (11KB pdf) 
niclosamide   Comments: WHO/CDS (17KB pdf) 
nifedipine (13KB pdf) 
oxamniquine Comments: WHO/CDS (17KB pdf) 
polygeline (11KB pdf)   Review: International Society of Drug Bulletins (74KB pdf) 
procainamide  Review: International Society of Drug Bulletins (32KB pdf) 
pyrantel Comments: WHO/CDS (17KB pdf) 
quinidine Review: International Society of Drug Bulletins (32KB pdf) 
salbutamol (obstetric use) (15KB pdf) 
silver nitrate eye solution  Review: International Society of Drug Bulletins (21KB pdf) 
Comment: WHO/CPM (Chronic Diseases Prevention and Management (47KB pdf) 

sodium fluoride  WHO Oral Health Programme statement (47KB pdf) Expert Panel Member comment (10KB pdf) Letter from FDI World Dental Federation (220KB pdf) 
spectinomycin  Review: International Society of Drug Bulletins (21KB pdf) Comment: MSF (15KB pdf)  Statement: WHO/RHR/STI (10KB pdf) 
theophylline 
thiacetazone/isoniazid (15KB pdf) 
topical sun protection agent 
triclabendazole  Comments: WHO/CDS (17KB pdf) 


2 Applications for reinstatement 
http://www.who.int/medicines/organization/par/edl/expcom14/expcom05reinstatement.shtml

immunoglobulin human: 

Immune Deficiency Foundation (329KB pdf) 
International Union of Immunological Societies (IUIS) (41KB pdf) 
UK Primary Immunodeficiency Network (32KB pdf) 
International Patient Organisation for Primary Immunodeficiencies (IPOPI) (20KB pdf) 
Organizations supporting reinstatement (14KB pdf) 
 
fludrocortisone: 

Message from Christian Children's Fund, Washington USA (44KB pdf) 
EDM reply (13KB pdf) 

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