Familiarity with 10 Important Drugs that Have Been Approved

In the past year, the UAE has approved new drugs as well as new applications for some existing medications:

🔸 Foundayo (orforglipron) Tablet

A daily tablet for chronic weight management in adults with obesity and some overweight individuals with related issues such as diabetes, high blood pressure, or high cholesterol.

🔸 Wegovy (semaglutide) Oral Tablet

The UAE became the second country in the world to approve the daily oral Wegovy tablet.

🔸 Lipfendra Medication

This medication is for patients whose bad cholesterol or LDL levels remain high despite existing treatments. It can be particularly beneficial for high-risk patients and some individuals with hereditary cholesterol. Its important difference is daily consumption in tablet form.

🔸 Baxfendy Medication

This medication is intended for patients whose blood pressure remains high despite existing treatments. The UAE was the first country in the world to approve this medication.

🔸 Inpefa (sotagliflozin) Medication

This oral medication is for the treatment of heart failure, and the UAE was the second country in the world to approve it.

🔸 EURneffy Nasal Spray

This spray delivers epinephrine or adrenaline through the nose during severe allergic reactions, allowing qualified individuals to receive it nasally instead of through injection.

🔸 Miebo Eye Drops

This prescription drop is for dry eye disease, but instead of merely increasing moisture, it targets excessive tear evaporation.

🔸 Etcamah Medication

This medication is intended for certain patients with advanced or metastatic breast cancer whose cancer undergoes a genetic change known as ESR1 mutation during hormone therapy.

🔸 Itvisma Gene Therapy

This one-time treatment is for qualified patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA); a rare genetic disease that causes progressive muscle weakness.

🔸 RINVOQ (upadacitinib) Medication

The UAE became the first country in the world to approve this medication for non-segmental vitiligo. The medication already existed, and what is new is the approval for its use in vitiligo.

⚠️ All of these medications must be used under the prescription and supervision of a doctor.