Fat busters: Are diet pills an impossible dream?
A new crop of weight-loss drugs is expected to reach the clinics this year and the next, but will their side effects be hard to swallow?.
Asher Mullard
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WHO heads back to the drug development drawing board
In 2009, WHO brought together 24 experts to assess schemes and innovative proposals that could encourage much-needed research and development into drugs for neglected diseases. The final report by the Expert Working Group (EWG) was due to be rubber-stamped at the 63rd World Health Assembly, held in Geneva, Switzerland, from May 17