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Essential drugs – June 2025

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This guide has been updated. This month's revision includes in particular: significant changes (4), new entries (2), deleted entries (0)  

Significant changes 
  • Oral drugs:  
    • Azithromycin: revised for diphtheria  
       
  • Injectable drugs:  
    • Benzylpenicillin: revised for diphtheria  
    • Benzylpenicillin procaine: revised for diphtheria  
    • Artesunate: fully revised

New entries  
  • Injectable drugs:  
    • Azithromycin  
    • Artesunate (with arginine and sodium bicarbonate solvent)