How Big Pharma Is Arm-Twisting U.S. Foreign Policy to Keep Cancer Drugs Prohibitively Expensive

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<p>‘The a mi istratio of Presi e t Barack Obama has so far ref se to p blicly respo to ew revelatio s that U.S. officials, at the behest of Big Pharma, may have attempte to obstr ct the Colombia gover me t’s efforts to lower the price of a life-savi g ca cer me icatio . Ami this sile ce, civil society orga izatio s, alo g with some lawmakers from the Ho se a Se ate, are ema i g a swers.</p>
<p>At iss e is the r g imati ib, which is pro ce by Novartis er the bra ame Glivec a is se to treat certai ca cers of the bloo , i cl i g le kemia. Imati ib is liste as a esse tial me ici e by the Worl Health Orga izatio , yet it ca be prohibitively expe sive, at a a al cost of $15,161 i Colombia— early o ble the co try’s gross atio al i come per capita.’</p>
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