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.
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Africa is a burgeoning market for cancer drugs. But as pharmaceutical companies like Roche are learning in Kenya, the challenges are immense.
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.
Pharma giants are pouring money into new therapies for sickle cell disease but in Kenya, patients struggle to access a decades-old drug.
Pharma giants are pouring money into new therapies for sickle cell disease but in Kenya, patients struggle to access a decades-old drug.
Pharma companies are close to a cure for cancer, but will the hefty price tags make treatments unaffordable for most of the world?