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Big Pharma's big push into Africa's cancer market

Africa is a burgeoning market for cancer drugs. But as pharmaceutical companies like Roche are learning in Kenya, the challenges are immense.

Democratic republic of the congoRift valleyNairobi areaMary nyangasiMohammed ezziCharles boothJackie wambuaFredrick chite asirwaRoche herceptinPat garcia gonzalezMichael oberreiterWilbert bannenbergQueen universityAccountability foundationInternational cancer instituteNational health insurance fund

Paying to survive – the deadly toll of breast cancer in Kenya

In Kenya, the high price of drugs like trastuzumab, which Roche sells as Herceptin, is one reason why breast cancer is still seen as a death sentence.

Nairobi areaSouth africaGavin orangiMax kleinRoche herceptinLucy najala wabendeNaftali busakhalaBenjamin andersonLucia syokau muliJackline majuma makokhaNicholas abinyaChandaria cancer centre in eldoretGlobal breast cancer initiativeWhile the national health insurance fundKenyatta national hospitalWorld health organization

Novartis's big bet on sickle cell disease struggles to reach Kenya

Pharma giants are pouring money into new therapies for sickle cell disease but in Kenya, patients struggle to access a decades-old drug.

United statesNairobi areaKenya generalRacey muchilwaMoses apelaShadrack otenyoBernard awuondaJaramogi oginga odingaSelina olwandaGladwell gathechaElliott vichinskyEmaculate achiengChildren sickle cell foundationDrug administrationKenyan ministry of healthGates foundation

Novartis's big bet on sickle cell disease struggles to reach Kenya

Pharma giants are pouring money into new therapies for sickle cell disease but in Kenya, patients struggle to access a decades-old drug.

United statesNairobi areaKenya generalRacey muchilwaMoses apelaShadrack otenyoBernard awuondaJaramogi oginga odingaSelina olwandaGladwell gathechaElliott vichinskyEmaculate achiengChildren sickle cell foundationDrug administrationKenyan ministry of healthGates foundation

The end of affordable medicine

Pharma companies are close to a cure for cancer, but will the hefty price tags make treatments unaffordable for most of the world?

United kingdomRift valleyMary nyangasiNerys averyMercy murugiGavin orangiPatrick durischJackie wambuaHelen jamesNaftali busakhalaOlivier michielinGeneva university hospitalEuropean unionWorld health organizationUniversity of pennsylvaniaKenyan ministry of health

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